What to Do?

[Nevadaref]

Let it go without a word. It is not your duty to educate all of the uninformed HS officials out there, and you can't do so anyway.

Prove to your daughter that you are correct by having her read the 20 rules fundamentals (no dribbling or traveling rules during a throw-in) and the relevant case book play, then go on with your happy lives without concerning yourselves with some old-timer who most likely doesn't care to learn the rule anyway. If he doesn't know it by now, he isn't going to change the way that he calls this.

I've found that very few people are interested in hearing that they did something incorrectly.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Let it go without a word. It is not your duty to educate all of the uninformed HS officials out there, and you can't do so anyway.

Prove to your daughter that you are correct by having her read the 20 rules fundamentals (no dribbling or traveling rules during a throw-in) and the relevant case book play, then go on with your happy lives without concerning yourselves with some old-timer who most likely doesn't care to learn the rule anyway. If he doesn't know it by now, he isn't going to change the way that he calls this.

I've found that very few people are interested in hearing that they did something incorrectly.

Nevada,
While I don't disagree with your statements, I can tell you that at least in Central Ohio, we have MORE THAN ENOUGH basketball officials (such is NOT the case in soccer ). Therefore, if we have a 60+ year old official who does not care to learn the rules, it is time for said official to hang up the whistle. It is not fair to the players and the coaches for an official to be uninterested in knowing the rules.

[mick]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

Nevada,
While I don't disagree with your statements, I can tell you that at least in Central Ohio, we have MORE THAN ENOUGH basketball officials (such is NOT the case in soccer ). Therefore, if we have a 60+ year old official who does not care to learn the rules, it is time for said official to hang up the whistle. It is not fair to the players and the coaches for an official to be uninterested in knowing the rules.

MIssed the rule and he should hang it up. eh?
Is it just officials over 60 that bother you, or are you also recommending the same for officials over 20?

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by mick

MIssed the rule and he should hang it up. eh?
Is it just officials over 60 that bother you, or are you also recommending the same for officials over 20?

mick,
You COMPLETELY took my quote out of context. Nevadaref stated, "If he doesn't know it by now, he isn't going to change the way that he calls this". My point is that if we have officials who are NOT willing to keep up with the rules, it IS time for the official to hang them up.

PLEASE read my post, it CLEARLY STATES: "Therefore, if we have a 60+ year old official who does not care to learn the rules, it is time for said official to hang up the whistle."

I don't particularly care whether the official is 60+ or 30-, my statement stands. If ANY official does not care to keep up with the rules, they should stop officiating as we do have plenty of officials who are willing to keep up with the rules.

Not knowing a rule or interpretation is one thing. Nevada clearly implied -- as a response to my post that attempting to show this official that they did not know a rule -- was a waste of time because this official would not be open to learning something new.

I stand by my statement with conviction. For the officials still calling the game by the 1990 Rules Book or otherwise not willing to keep up with the latest Case Book and Interpretations, PLEASE step aside and give the newbies who WANT to keep up the opportunity to offiiate the games.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Let it go without a word. It is not your duty to educate all of the uninformed HS officials out there, and you can't do so anyway.
Prove to your daughter that you are correct by having her read the 20 rules fundamentals (no dribbling or traveling rules during a throw-in) and the relevant case book play, then go on with your happy lives without concerning yourselves with some old-timer who most likely doesn't care to learn the rule anyway. If he doesn't know it by now, he isn't going to change the way that he calls this.

I've found that very few people are interested in hearing that they did something incorrectly.

From pot calling kettle black department.

You could have fooled me...........