4.19.8 C editorial change

[just another ref]

4.19.8 C now says ...one official rules a block while the other official rules a charge.... The word rules has been substituted for the word calls. Can anybody comment on the significance of this?

[rpirtle]

When we make a "call" we are describing the illegal action we saw. But when we make a "ruling" it is more final...like a decree. It seems to me the Rules Committee is trying to create a scenario where both officials are sure of their calls & their decisions are final.

[Raymond]

They did it just to fock with jar.

[APG]

Your one man crusade is perhaps making a difference!

[just another ref]

This change makes it even harder to imagine that a signal dictates ones to do anything.

[Adam]

For once, an "editorial" change is just that.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by just another ref

This change makes it even harder to imagine that a signal dictates ones to do anything.

I disagree. I think makes it more clear that the signal was sufficient to create the conflict. Now, the ruling has come before the signal. You blow the whistle because you've ruled it to be a foul of some sort. If one blows it for a charge and one for a block, you've got a blarge. The only thing that happens after that is a signal and a report, not a ruling.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by just another ref

4.19.8 C now says ...one official rules a block while the other official rules a charge.... The word rules has been substituted for the word calls. Can anybody comment on the significance of this?

Is this in the NFHS book?

I know that within IAABO, Peter Webb is on a crusade to make it clear that officials make rulings, not calls. I sent him an email recently and in his reply, he edited my original email, crossing out "call" and typing "ruling" in red. So it's possible that IAABO may make changes in the case book before sending it out to members.

Additionally, the IAABO pre-season video is now officially titled "You Make the Ruling".

I personally don't care which wording is used. I think some people think that a "call" is a reaction, while a "ruling" is a reasoned decision. I don't share that view, but as I said, I don't care which way people say it.