Differences of Opinion

Originally Posted by BillyMac

There are a lot of important, but very specific, caseplays out there. It's one thing for an inexperienced official not knowing about them, but it's another thing for an experienced official, who knows the specific case play, to intentionally ignore these one-time-published-somewhere-official caseplays.

I recall that it took several years for the prohibition against lights in shoes to show up in the rulebook and/or casebook, but once it showed up as an annual interpretation, with no other rulebook, and/or casebook citation, I enforced it.

Originally Posted by Rich

The interpretations just don't disappear after a given year. And there's a list every season -- they don't all end up in the rule/case book.

Thanks for your advice guys!