Of course, the rules matter, regardless of the stakes. What's interesting about your criticisms is that no one -- as in not one person -- involved in the business end of college softball uttered one discouraging word about illegal pitches during the WCWS other than the coach whose team was in the process of being eliminated. Didn't hear a peep on ESPN during those myriad slow-motion replays from behind those cheating pitchers. Lots of experts available in both dugouts and the broadcast booth, all saying nothing, even as one former player went nuclear about the interference rule. But you know better, backed impressively by the veracity of a like-minded poster, and now it's not just a matter of incompetence but possible corruption, too. Let us know when your conspiracy theory spins into comedy gold.
In the meantime, spare us the Gary Crumesque recitation of the obvious and try to get over yourself.