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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

But why does the Federation think it knows better about this than its members do?

The NFHS, commonly referred to as "The Fed" or "The Federation" is made up of 1 voting member from each member state. You can find the list of member state names on Page 4 of your 2016 NFHS Rules Book.
Rules changes are proposed by member states and voted on by member states. If a super majority of the members votes in favor, a rule is changed, if not, it remains unchanged.
Restated, NFHS Members propose changes and vote on changes as the federation is simply made up of members representatives from member states.

It is for this reason that your statement - "But why does the Federation think it knows better about this than its members do?" is foolhardy and a bit askew!

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

If a state ass'n wants to do so, why would Fed care?

Again, there is no mystery or shroud of secrecy as only state associations members a rep from the Officials association and a rep from the coaches association make up the federation. In this situation, One (or more) of the member states "cared" and presented a Rule Proposal to not allow advertising on the ball. They defined advertising, it was voted on and adopted. Nothing more, nothing less.

Perhaps you may want to factor in and adjust to some facts before continuing to make your assumptions and/or "conspiracy theory" type objections to NFHS rule changes you continue to publish on this and other chat boards.

But then thats just My 2 cents