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Originally Posted by teebob21
Irish, for my sanity's sake, how long ago was "about to receive" in the ASA OBS rule? I don't have any of the old-old books anymore, but I don't ever remember that in there. My memory tells me ATR was an NCAA rule difference.
I prefer the USA & NCAA collision rules to HS: dead ball INT out, and ejection if flagrant. NHFS is less flexible - if it's a collision out, the player is also ejected. Some locals still give me a hard time here because I had to toss a 12 year old and a 14 year old in back-to-back weekends playing PGF under Fed rules.
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ATR was removed in 2004. Many made it much more difficult than necessary to understand and enforce. It was one of the things I thought the NCAA was correct in keeping. However, they found a way to screw it up.
However, the "crash" exception for simultaneous arrivals wasn't removed until 2014. That said, the training changed much earlier to note that it isn't a crash (for ejection purposes), not necessarily INT, but is OBS if the defender did not have possession of the ball prior to the impediment. Remember, OBS is not a punitive rule, so there is no advantage or disadvantage to either team.