Realistically, I won't be able to monitor them coming onto the circle, as that is the U1's job. My reminder is so that they don't crowd the circle before the toss. What they do after the ball is tossed is their business. The U1 (and U2, if it is a 3-person game, and the players are coming from his area) should be able to deal with players illegally encroaching on the plane of the center circle.
6-3-8 NOTE states that if the jumpers fail to touch the ball on the initial toss, they will be ordered to jump and touch the ball on the re-toss. This implies that the same jumpers will have to jump if the jump ball is repeated.
To reduce confusion, I recommend that the state rules interpreters come up with consistent answers for these questions, and I further move that answers to these questions be incorporated into future editions of the NFHS casebook.
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