What is the forum?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

First there's the wide-eyed, "This is the coolest thing ever" stage.

(The Forum) is passionate and self-assured arguments over questions with no definite answer.

Often they share their knowledge and experience.

(Some) view this forum as (a) personal font of basketball officiating wisdom, like some internet genie in a bottle just waiting to serve you.

It's called a book. But if you want to hang out here, you can learn far more than you'll ever find in some book. But you'll only get that knowledge on the terms of those willing to provide it.

Great post. I've copied my favorite parts above. I wish that someone from the NFHS, or NCAA, would monitor this Forum to prevent situations in which there is "no definite answer". I'm pleased that some of the finest officials in the world are willing to "share their knowledge and experience" with us, and I don't mind getting it on their terms. I have rule book next to my computer during the entire offseason. I use it to find what I need, and if I need clarification, I go right to the Forum, and within minutes, someone is willing to clarify a rule, interpretation, or mechanic, just like "some internet genie in a bottle just waiting to serve (me)". Finally, and maybe, more importantly, I still think, after several years, that, "This is the coolest thing ever".

Now all together now:
"We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving"