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Originally Posted by BillyMac
I did know that JRutledge was not talkng about out of bounds plays.
I was just pointing out that there does not seem to be a simple statement or "rule of thumb" to cover everything.
That why this new rule is scattered all over the rulebook.
Early last year the NFHS had to deal with issues regarding backcourt, that it eventually fixed.
I don't beleive that a simple statement, or "rule of thumb", to cover everything is, or will be, possible; each situation has its own interpretaiton.
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You said the rule was not explained very well. Well, the change made it clear that out-of-bounds violations were different. Not only was this something other levels did, this certainly applied to the change for the NF.
Nothing covers every possible situation in one location of the rulebook. Many rule changes, even the BI and GT rules, have layers to them. But you said it was not made clear, and I am asking how that is? But again, I have rarely seen anyone not adjudicate the rule rather easily and consistently. And if you are stuck on the term "rule of thumb," well, that can apply to many things. But the 8 spots apply in almost every case except for an out-of-bounds violation. If you start in a location, it does not move because of something else almost all of the time. Why would the location move? It did not move before, so why now? The rule basically says why we put the ball at a spot, no different than before. It is all about the live ball action that we stopped the game, whether a foul, violation or stoppage. If we were not moving the ball before on some situations, why think that means something different now?
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