Chad, good question. I couldn't find the verbiage in the bylaws where a proposed amendment can't be amended at the state body meeting either. The way I read it, only the original request needs to follow the time frame outlined in the bylaws. I can understand enforcing this on "rules which directly impact ations of the mat official during competition" given the officials meeting is prior to the state body meeting but should we have a good proposal and it just needs tweaked at the meeting, why postpone it for a year? That makes no sense to me!
Will, I believe the reason for the allowed amendments on the issue regarding coaching passes is the fact that this issue isn't a bylaw change and therefore falls outside the "preceived" rules.
I would leave the constitutionality of it to Mr. Salyer but my guess is, if allowed to be amended, the original suggested change could be amended over and over till it no longer resembled what the person submitting the change had in mind. This does leave open the question of, if and when a recommended constitutional change is not submitted in clear precise legal verbage. Does the Executive Council have the right to amend or change the proposal before submitting it to the body?
