Out of subs, and a DQ

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

IAABO is a basketball officials association no different from any other official association. The best way to describe it is that it is comparable to the California Basketball Officials Association (CBOA). It is a large association with many Local Boards just like the CBOA. Its members officiate at the high school (NFHS), college (NCAA Men's/Women's), international (FIBA), and professional (NBA/WNBA).

The idea of an IAABO interpretation is just as illogical as the idea of a CBOA interpretation or a Wood Co. Bkb. Off. Assn. interpretation. Every Fall the Rules Editors of the NFHS and NCAA Men's Rules Committees address the Interpreters of the Local Boards of IAABO because IAABO Interpreters just like all interpreters of any other local officials associations are obligated to issue interpretations that are true to the appropriate rules set.

MTD, Sr.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The idea of an IAABO interpretation is just as illogical as the idea of a CBOA interpretation or a Wood Co. Bkb. Off. Assn. interpretation.

What is illogical about this? If there is no clear interpretation of a rule or a situation, and the NFHS case book doesn't cover it, then my local interpreter has to give his/her own interp. That would be the ABC Officials' Org. interpretation. What is illogical about that?

When IAABO makes its exams and they put a screwy question on there that isn't addressed by any NFHS case play, the answer they provide (supposedly for ALL members) is the IAABO interpretation of that play. That's not illogical, that's a fact. It's how they expect their members to call that play.

The fact that those screwy interpretations aren't collected into one IAABO Case Book doesn't imply that they are not still interpretations of those plays.

Every Fall the Rules Editors of the NFHS and NCAA Men's Rules Committees address the Interpreters of the Local Boards of IAABO

As far as I know, the NFHS Rules Editor does not address the interpreters at the Fall conference. I'm on the Executive Committee of my local board and I'm pretty sure (like 100%) I would have heard from my interpreter if Mary had ever been there.