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Old Thu Nov 16, 2017, 10:28am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by BryanV21 View Post
So let's say a player with the ball is on the endline but is falling out of bounds. To stop himself from falling out of bounds he reaches out and pushes off of a cheerleader who is standing too close to the line. You have nothing? Perhaps an unsporting play? I don't see how it's a legal play, yet a cheerleader is a person not an object.
See 7.1.1A. the play you describe is legal.
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