Rules online

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

So pay the $35 a year and join the Fed. I've got pdf rule and case book copies loaded on work and home PC's. You'll also get some liability insurance coverage- $1 mil. I think.

While some have stated they can no longer access the Fed pdf's, I just pulled them up.

My SoCon & SAC cohorts had to download their NCAA books and most took them to be bound so I don't know how that makes the NCAA necessarily better.

It has nothing to do with paying and joining the Fed. I am a member of the NFHS officials association. The Fed has decided not to make the PDF copies available to members of the officials association anymore as referenced in the error message listed below.

While it's great that you are apparently a paid member of a NFHS professional association or state association staff, not all of us are.

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Welcome to the NFHS Resource Library. The section provides online access to various NFHS publications. Note: The NFHS Rules Books and Case Books are available for paid members of the NFHS professional associations and state association staff.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and view any PDF documents. Downloading and printing of this copyrighted material is prohibited. Click on the Acrobat Reader icon to download this free program.


ACCESS DENIED. YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN AND BE A MEMBER OF AN NFHS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OR STATE STAFF MEMBER.

NOTE: AS OF JANUARY 2011 MEMBERS OF THE NFHS OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION ARE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE NFHS RULES CONTENT VIA THE NFHS/ARBITER HUB. THIS AREA IS LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP://NFHS.ARBITERSPORTS.COM


NOTE: THE NFHS IS MOVING AWAY FROM MAKING PDF FILES AVAILABLE ONLINE. THIS IS DUE TO THE INCREASED ABUSE OF THE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. FAR TOO MANY LOCAL CHAPTERS AND GROUPS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTING THE PDF VERSIONS ONLINE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD ONLY ONLINE SEARCHABLE VERSIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.

[Rich]

Heaven forbid that people should get free access to rules materials.

What these chuckleheads don't understand is that I already get a rule book and case book every season. I just want it for my iPhone and iPad and in a format I can easily search.

John, thanks for the link.

[bigjohn]

good thing they aren't on Flash Player then.

I don't understand why Apple toys ( I have both an iPhone and iPad) can read Adobe PDFs but not watch Adobe Flash Videos.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...-flash-iphone/

[Welpe]

Simply because Steve Jobs thought of Flash as inferior and instead pushed HTML5.

[HLin NC]

It has nothing to do with paying and joining the Fed. I am a member of the NFHS officials association.

As am I, which is what I mean when I say "join the Fed". Sorry that I didn't type it out exact and specific.

This topic got discussed earlier this season. Apparently there is some unknown and arbitrary differentiation that only the NFHS knows or doesn't. There are some members who can still access and some who can't and there have been several theories but none proven as there isn't a consistent sample.

However by joining the NFOA, does this not also access the online rules on the Arbiter? I realize that doesn't give one a printable format but at least an electronic one.

[bigjohn]

or Join


Southern Nevada Officials Association

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

or Join


Southern Nevada Officials Association

Already did... that's my association until I move again.

They posted these as a resource for the officials, along with several other internal documents that we use frequently, which you can see at Rules & Resources

This is my first year doing football in Las Vegas, so I can't speak as to why or how the decision was made to do it this way. I just hope that NFHS sees the value of having these resources available and accepts that nobody is served by blocking making the games' rules more obscured. This is a case where it serves the interest of transparency of administration.
If their business model suffers from lack of rules book sales for things like this, then they're doing it wrong.
At the end of the day, however, some authorization should be received, if it's possible to get NFHS to respond/agree to it.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Simply because Steve Jobs thought of Flash as inferior and instead pushed HTML5.

There's also the fact that Flash drains the battery on mobile devices and is a memory hog. Still, I wish I had the option to choose whether to view Flash content on my iDevices.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

I don't understand why Apple toys ( I have both an iPhone and iPad) can read Adobe PDFs but not watch Adobe Flash Videos.

PDF's aren't as hackable as Flash and are much less likely to run executable code.

Why else?