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Originally posted by rainmaker
I still want to know what the status is of this rule for this fall in NFHS. It's already a technical foul for a player to leave the floor to get around a screen, or for another unauthorized reason, to gain an advantage. This is a T whether the ball is involved or not, right? So why are we talking about being the first to touch the ball? Is that a separate infraction, and why is that being distinguished from just the normal illegal advantage?
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We're talking about being the first to touch the ball because the ncaa rule was rewritten to require that along with reducing the penalty. Whether this requirement applies to your HS games depends pretty much on what your interpretor says (when in Rome...) but IMO reading the case plays it is NOT a requirement under the fed. IMO most HS interpretors will say nothing about this change, YMMV.
The change in penalty only applies to the ncaa obviously.
And just as obviously I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on TV so I'll wait to hear what I'm told to do in October.
