Mercy Rule

[maven]

Originally Posted by parepat

2. Threatening to suspend officials for up to two years for failing to follow brand new mechanics which were not even rolled out until August of the first year was, in my opinion, heavy handed.

The only place I could find a 2 year suspension for the season was here:

Originally Posted by Gold Book

If HC Disagrees with R’s Ruling, then CREW Must Secure 3 Books, Find Ruling in the Book (s) and Show the HC. Consequences for NOT Following this Mechanic is Officials could be suspended a maximum of 2 years for Weeks 1 – 15.

Is that what you're thinking of? I admit that seems heavy handed, especially since crews around here always have a book (whether they follow the rest of this prescription I don't know).

But it's misleading to say that this threat applies to every mechanic in the book. It's just for this one provision — and I would guess it's the one the coaches fought most for.

[cdoug]

Originally Posted by parepat

1. I doubt that those officials who haven't looked at a rule book in 30 years are wasting their time on sites like these.

I very much agree with this.