Dunk in pregame

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

I find it even more hilarious when a 46 year old case play is cited as evidence of anything.

I only find it amusing, not hilarious. Many (a large majority) of caseplays in the casebook have been published, virtually unchanged, since I started officiating thirty-seven years ago, with no change (except maybe a case number). Are they no longer valid?

Granted, caseplays disappear as old rules are changed, but are we to ignore the ones that hang around?

Some caseplays disappear with no explanation (which is probably what Rich is talking about). Were they removed because they were no longer valid, or were they removed because of space considerations? "Ay there's the rub" (Hamlet', Act 3 Scene 3, Billy Shakespeare).

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I only find it amusing, not hilarious. Many (a large majority) of caseplays in the casebook have been published, virtually unchanged, since I started officiating thirty-seven years ago, with no change (except maybe a case number). Are they no longer valid?

Granted, caseplays disappear as old rules are changed, but are we to ignore the ones that hang around?

Some caseplays disappear with no explanation (which is probably what Rich is talking about). Were they removed because they were no longer valid, or were they removed because of space considerations? "Ay there's the rub" (Hamlet', Act 3 Scene 3, Billy Shakespeare).

Just because a Casebook Play is not in the current Casebook does not invalidate it. Far too many officials take the attitude that if it isn't in the current Casebook is does not exist or is no longer valid which is 100% incorrect.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Just because a Casebook Play is not in the current Casebook does not invalidate it. Far too many officials take the attitude that if it isn't in the current Casebook is does not exist or is no longer valid which is 100% incorrect.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Some caseplays disappear with no explanation (which is probably what Rich is talking about). Were they removed because they were no longer valid, or were they removed because of space considerations? "Ay there's the rub" (Hamlet', Act 3 Scene 3, Billy Shakespeare).

If a casebook play is removed due to a rule change, or a new interpretation, then, of course, it's no longer valid.

If a casebook play is removed due to space considerations, then it's still valid.

Figuring out why the caseplay was removed, often with no explanation from the NFHS, is the hard part. "Ay there's the rub"