2006 NCAA Rules Book posted on-line

[mcarr]

http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/20...ball_rules.pdf

[MJT]

I really like that. I downloaded it to both my computers for when I don't have my rule book.

[Bob M.]

REPLY: Go back to the site...my guess is that the timing rules are being "re-thunk."

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it would seem to me that they could avoid a lot of hassle if they just warned everyone what the proposed rule changes were about a month in advance of actually deciding on them. That way if there was really a huge hue and cry (or an actual problem), it can be fixed before anyone says anything about books.

[ljudge]

Bleeping Super! I just purchased the NCAA version of the simplified and illustrated book today. Please let me know what I should ignore...just timing rules or other stuff?

[Theisey]

One will just have to hope the authors of other supplementary NCAA books will have the forsight to come out with some kind of errata and publish it on some yet unknown web site for all to update their purchased copy as needed.

Damn, there are a several published documentation out there potentially with errors now. Redding's NCAA guide and FRD manuals come to mind.

[cmathews]

I just had the opportunity to listen to Dr. John Adams speak this past weekend. He doesn't know why the NCAA took the pdf file down. Our conference handed out the book this weekend. He thinks the problem is probably the oversight committee, who took their time reviewing rules changes. He didn't get to preview the publication before it went to press like he usually does, but he didn't anticipate anything major.

[TXMike]

What meeting was this and which conference has new rulebooks already?

Seems strange that Mr Adams would not know why the thing was pulled since one would assume he is the one rewriting the sections that need "significant alteration".

[cmathews]

the meeting was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football meetings. The point is that he at the time of the meeting new nothing of it being re written.

[TXMike]

That would have been the weekend before 4th of July right? It did not come down until Jul 6 I think. What book did you guys get as allegeldy it has not even been printed yet? They just hand out copies of what was on the site?

[cmathews]

it was on the 7th and 8th of July. The copies that were put out had Dr. Adams' blessing. I don't know where the original came from. As I said, he was unaware as to why the it was taken off of the site...

[TXMike]

Perhaps he is not involved in the Rule 12 issues and since that is all that is allegedly being rewritten, he had no "need to know". Still seems very disjointed that they are operating in this manner.

[Theisey]

I hope the reason for holding back the book was not just for updates to rule 12.

That information would be used by so few people, that it could easily be re-published as a seperate on-line document just for those replay people.

There are far more needing rules 1 to 11 now not in August.

[cmathews]

looking at my book, I would guess it is indeed the rule 12 stuff. The reason I would say this is that there is no rule 12 in the books we got. Since we don't have replay at our level, we wouldn't need rule 12 however.

[Theisey]

You have a 2006 Football book with no rule 12?
The initial online PDF had it.