[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say "it's a venue rule" or "it's an event rule" whenever something was enforced contrary to the Manual, I'd have... several dollars. Some volunteers at some events sure do seem to think they can create rules to supplement or override the Manual.

Say it ain't so Smokey. I know of a few of those myself. But. The lead volunteers FTA, Head Ref, LRI, ETC are the final interpreters of the rules. There are occasionally legitimate disagreements in what the rules mean. The lead people have the final say. Sometimes a less than perfect decision is made in the pressure of the moment.