Al Popp writes: >...how many people on this list have actually read the NCAA >or anyother rule book (either all or in part). I have read most of the NCAA 1990 rule book and have read several books on hockey and its' rules for a class I took last quarter on Ice Hockey Coaching. There really are a lot of very picky sub-rules to rules that can be quite complicated. I am sure most refs miss a lot of calls because they lack the requisite "eyes in the back of their heads".*:-) Most refs do a decent job, however there are a few (in each league I am sure) who don't, and should be "retired". It certainly is a thankless task. I found myself correcting a fan next to me at last weekends game when the ref called a checking from behind minor on one of the Gophers. The Gopher had indeed made the hit and incredibly I saw it! I told my bench-mate that it was "a good call". Most of the time, I don't see my team do anything wrong, and have been know to holler at the ref. I think that each individual ref must have his/her idea as to what each penalty actually (visually) looks like, and results in a wide disparity between refs. Well, that's my 2 cents!! Carol White U of M GO Gophers!!!