The biggest thing that should be considered when deciding which code to use in high school is simplicity. The sad reality is that a large percentage of high school officials will not put in the rules study to learn a complex code. For every one of us on here working at our hobby there are five more that rarely pick up a rulebook. Thus, the more complex the code, the more errors we will see.

AND unfortunately most of those officials get their rules knowledge from the same place most coaches do, tv games and commentators on Saturdays and Sunday's...so when coaches get to evaluating, those officials get high marks.