coin toss

[KWH]

The Bottom Line is this:
If you want to change a rule, including eliminating a coin toss option listed in Rule 3-2-3a, there is a procedure to do so.

1) Any official may submit a proposal for a rule change to the NFHS via your state association on the proper form.
2) ALL proposals are listed on the proposed rule change list for all committee members (and other interested parties) to review.
3) In January, at the rules committee meeting, all proposals are assigned to one of the four committees for review. The committes are safety, editorial, rules, and mechanics.
4) If a proposal makes it through committee, it is introduced on the the floor for a vote.
5) If a proposal passes with by a majority of the floor vote, it is written into the rules for the following year.

Note: Last year in Phoenix, 9 of the 65 proposals passed and were introduced as new rules in 2004.

No official, has the authority to eliminate a rule!

NFHS Rule 3-2-3a clearly defines the captains options for each half!
NFHS 3-2-3...The winner of the toss shall have first choice of options for the first half or defer and have first choice for the second half. The loser shall have the first choice of options for the half the winner of the toss did not select. The options for each half shall be:
a. To choose whether his team will kick or recieve.
b. To choose the goal his team will defend.
The captain not having the first choice of options for a half shall excersise the remainin option.

Since the NFHS used the word shall, officials are required to offer the captain all of his options!

Nuff said!