Nah, you are reading way too much into this. Common sense in THAT situation was missing. The meet official had no directive from the KSHSAA and was not even an "indirect employee" of the KSHSAA. . . an agent perhaps. . .but not an employee. He was not going to lose any position or standing with the KSHSAA if he had not enforced the rule as he did.
Most on here would he surprised at how loose is the nexus between the KSHSAA and locally sponsored activities. The relationship is certainly not as close as many seem to think it is.
This official's lack of common sense was not the fault of the KSHSAA; he chose to follow the letter of the NFS rule, rather than uphold its spirit. It was just some local guy at a local track meet who knew something and decided to let everyone know he knew it. . .sad. . .but nothing more.
