Why different rulesets?

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Dakota

You mean like ASA does?

(Edit: Andy beat me to it. That's what I get for replying before reading the whole thread...)

That's my point. ASA accommodates for different participants and different levels of play by using different rules within their overarching rule set. You can't expect ASA to have one set of rules for all, as the OP desires. And you can't expect NFHS, NCAA, PONY, etc., to do the same with their respective rules.