Rule books on web ???

[Dakota]

About 3 years ago, about 2/3 of the ASA rule book was put on line at some independent site. It was fairly well done, too, with hyperlinks to the chapters, etc. It was an out of date book even when it was up, and it did not have the POEs and one of the other major rules (I forget which).

However, the web site was pulled down about a year or more ago. I don't know if it was because ASA took any kind of action, there is reason for doubt since ASA seems totally uninterested in defending its copyright from all of the other software alphabet soups out there that blatently copy large sections of the ASA rules and call them their own.

Didn't ASA sell their rule book on a CD 2 years ago? Does the current umpire mechanics CD from ASA contain the rule book? If so, what year? Is it in .pdf format? Once it is on CD, it would seem only a matter of time before it is on the net somewhere.

I don't worry too much about fans having the book. It's a tough book to read, so I think they'll get bored pretty quickly. Besides, they can always buy one or talk their coach out of his last year's book. And, I don't talk to fans about rules (at least not during a game).