With the 6 quarter rule (which I like) why the need for a mercy rule? The argument was always that scores got out of hand because coaches could not use their JV/Freshmen players on Friday nights in the third quarter so that they had enough quarters left for the JV/Freshmen games on Saturday and/or Monday - the 6 quarter rule takes care of this if coaches run up the score on teams on a Friday night that is on the head coach and a lack of ethics. I do not like the mercy rule and never will and I have been on both sides of the scoreboard. Just my thoughts
