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Originally Posted by dlavery
They knew that Lucien would find some little hole that had not been filled to everyone's satisfaction, and a YMTC thread would pop up to discuss it. ...
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Say "Goodnight," YMTC. "Goodnight YMTC."
I sincerely apologize to those that I have offended at FIRST or in the FIRST community with YMTC. It was certainly not my intent to demean or negate the enormous effort of the folks that create the game ... they do a marvelous job!
When YMTC was implemented on CD, it was simply meant to be a "table" where folks could sit around and talk about how the rules apply to different situations. Mainly, as I've said before, YMTC's goal was for rules awareness.
The YMTC idea is not new to sports. Some of my most memorable moments as a kid were finishing 18 or 36 holes of golf and then sitting around a table with my buddies trying to stump one another about the Rules-of-Golf and then taking out our rule books and finding the rule that addressed the situation. "Can you mark and pick-up a ball that is touching the green and fringe at the same time?" "While under a tree, can you break a twig with your practice swing without incurring a penalty?" "After wiggling your feet in the sand to secure your stance, can you move your feet on top of the sand or is it considered 'building a stance'?" These discussions made us very knowledgeable about the Rules-of-Golf and saved us stroke after stroke when we played. I never thought that if the USGA officials were listening, they may take offense to our discussion of "their" rules. Moreover, if some of the guys did not want to talk about the Rules-of-Golf, they either went to the driving range or putted some. After our discussion and a hamburger, we went out for 36 more holes ... those were the days
I guess that I always hoped that YMTC's warm greeting,
You Make The Call (YMTC) is a series of situations where you are the official and make the call. Please reference specific rules when applicable. The results of YMTC are not official and are for educational purposes only.
would encourage folks not to take the YMTC discussions too seriously.
It's funny, because this very YMTC and the last YMTC to be written by myself, was created simply as a rules awareness because I could not think up any rules with "holes" in them. Finally, thanks for all of the support for the YMTC ... it has been a lot of fun.
Again, I am sorry for those that I offended and GOODNIGHT YMTC,
Lucien