I think it truely comes down to this....YES ...IT IS TO LARGE TO PLAY ONE WAY!

One set of rules for the beginner.

One set of rules for the advanced.

If I had a dime for every time I herd...." well why do we play like that"....lets face it guys...The game will NEVER CHANGE.....only ones INTERPRETATION WILL. You still have to line up the same way and RELY ON THE BASES. Sure making the game more real is great...I'm all for that....But it is what it is....A GAME!...

Take the game of chess for example.....

You cant expect a beginner to play a advanced player...they would lose within the first 5 moves...Is it because his pieces look better...NO...is it because he has a better understanding of the game....maybe....is it because he is more experianced at the game....YES

If you take a poll and ask how many people have been playing some type of electric football over the past 30 or so years, I bet my life on just about 95 % will say they have been playing with their own style in one form or another.

The style in which most tournaments are basicly set for the advanced player, not the beginner. Most leagues are set for the advanced player...thats why the rules have been modified, created, adjusted...what ever you call it. lets face it....The more one gets exposed in playing, the more one wants to change the rules. Is that a bad thing...NO...it shows how the game and hobby has advanced.

The first set of rules that were out there other then what Miggle had was RULES 2000.....and that was made from a group of guys that wanted to make the game more real because they were advanced in the game, NOT TO BELITTLE MIGGLE. They just wanted more out of the game. I for one, would love to see a advanced version of this to fit the current style of play.

Someone will always complain about this or that...thats why there are choices out there. If you dont like it one way...play another way! Lets just be thankfull there are many different ways to play period. But lets not shoot each others methods down. We need to find a happy medium and go from there.

By the way....WHAT IS the current name for the tournament style of rules? I beleave 3 out of 4 of the biggest tournaments are using the same style format, just with different styles of bases and figures are permitted. The backbone of rules are basicly the same.

just my thoughts........and they dont mean to offend anyone.
coach STONER