Block/Charge:John Adams Theroy

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Maybe you because you are a Penguin, I am not getting your connection to the IAABO Meetings and the NCAA Meetings. You lost me there Mark.

Also what I said was rather tongue and cheek. I just love how people talk big and bad here about what they their position, but likely would never go to those people and talk directly to them about their positions. I know when I had the opportunity to talk to Mary Struckoff about a mechanics issue I had the opportunity and I actually asked her for clarification.

Also the NCAA does not have any officials on the Rules Committee. These rules are made by only coaches who in most cases do not know how the rule should be applied that they just wrote. This is not as bad on the basketball side, but the football side there are rules created that make no sense and you can tell that officials never helped the committee with the writing of the rule. John has a right to tell his officials how to call the game. The Rulebook is not the end all be all of officiating the rules. If that was the case, why have camps or other trainings of officials if all you had to do is read a rulebook. If you do not like it, then do what you feel is best. But for those that work games under the NCAA, his opinion is very valid and I have no problem following it. And in reality this play is very rare and might not happen most of the season. Once again I love how people obsess over something that really is not a common occurrence. And if you do not work that level, why would you care what anyone says about those rules? I know when I hear how the NBA wants to do something; I do not lose a millisecond of sleep over how they call the game.

Peace

Rut:

I can't believe you would purposely misapply a rule just because our exalted ruler makes a nonsense statement about how a rule is to be applied. I hope that there are officials who have his ear and tell him the issue a mea culpa and move forward.

Long ago in a galaxy far away when Hank Nichols was the NCAA Men's Rules Editor and Dick Schindler was the NFHS Rules Editor, they would attend the IAABO Fall Rules Interpreters Meeting and each would give a presentation and take question concerning the new rules for that school year and any other rules or mechanics question that was posed to them.

I know that Dick would answer any letter or telphone call and give rules interpretations of any official would wrote him or called him. I know, I exchanged letters with him and telephone calls with him concerning rules interpretations. He did not hide behind Mary's wall of pushing it off on state rules interpreters. Dick know and understood how important it was to have the same rule interpretation no matter what state in which the game was played. Hell, Hank would take phone calls from officials for rules interpretations too back in the day.

The fact is if John Adams really made the statement that MOfficial is attributing to him then somebody close to him needs to set him straight.

MTD, Sr.

MTD, Sr.