Confusion...

[Mark Padgett]

Despite my usual teasing, I really like hearing rules from other organizations. I guess I am a "rules junkie" and am very interested in the evolution of a rule, and the reasoning behind it. Seeing what other organizations have come up with for the same situations (and, more important, why they came up with that reasoning) gives me more insight into the basis for a rule.

Someday, I am going to write a rulebook from scratch with rules the way I think they should be.

Then, I guess I'll have to start my our league somewhere.

Actually, I do write the rules for my local rec league, but they are really NF rules modified for certain grade levels.

BTW - in our new HS level rec league, we are going to a "sudden death" overtime. If there is an overtime (and, or course, there never is when I ref), the first team to score 5 points wins. If neither team has scored 5 points in two minutes, we rejump and the first team to score wins. No timeouts are allowed in overtime.

What do you guys think? I'll let you know how it works. The league starts in Jan.