May I ask a dumb question?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by JRutledge

Everytime someone does not see things your way, you resort to name calling and insults.

I neither insulted you nor called you a name. You made a point which was correct but not relevant to the issue at hand. I pointed that out to you and you responded by making the same irrelevant point. I was merely asking if you did this out of some compulsion, like people who can't stop washing their hands. I think probably it was a little insensitive to people who truly do have compulsive disorders, and for that I apologize to anyone I offended. But I did not insult you in any way.

You have not mentioned the year that a change was made.

Irrelevant. The change was in fact made. That's not up for debate. I only need 2 facts to make my point and that's the first one. The change was made.

I have never remembered a time in my life when NBA officials birddogged at all.

Again, irrelevant, since we are only talking about NCAA mechanics.

NCAA Men's Officials have always birddogged that I can remember and still do quite often.

Irrelevant. Again, true. But irrelevant. They will probably always bird-dog when the fouler is not clear.

I do not watch or did not care about Women's or Girl's basketball before I became an official, so I have no idea what was going on there.

Only there?

As I said previously, bird-dogging used to be required on every foul called in the NCAA. It is no longer required on every foul called in the NCAA. It has been scaled back.

Have a day!