New rules on contact / hand-checking

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Welcome to the Board Kansas. From where do you hail in the Jay Hawk state? My mother was a native of Linwood and I was born in Lawrence.

MTD, Sr.

*OK, I know of that area and of Lawrence. I've reffed games in Lawrence school system and at KU adult leagues games--but not yet any Big 12 games.
I'm located out of Kansas City and travel up to 50 miles N, S, E, W of my base. Small towns in the rural counties Ive done their school system (KSHAA) and to my surprise--in some of those small towns (salina, lindsborg, clay center, alba, wamego, junction city, cherokee creek) there are talented hoopsters there---always a 'culture shock" for me when I show up at a small town school and parking lot has deer racks and fishing rods in pickup trucks....but in the gym they are really hooping! That's what I love about basketball--transcendent of culture, socioeconomics, etc factors--just people who like to hoop it up.