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Originally posted by ChuckElias
This doesn't happen very often, but I completely disagree with Tony. Tony's point seems to be: If A2 is between A1 and B1, then it is never the case that B1 is guarding A1.
I don't see any way to support that claim in any rule or case in the FED book. I re-read the whole definition of guarding and there's nothing there that says guarding ceases when there's a player between the guard and the player being guarded.
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
NCAA 4-11.4 "When a player is positioned between the player in control of the ball and his or her opponent, who is within 6 feet (men) or 3 feet (women), a closely guarded situation does not exist.
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And even tho Tony's point is explicitly in the NCAA book, I think it's ridiculous. Any time a defender goes around a screen, the count ends. Dumb.
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Closely guarded has less impact in situations where you have a shot clock. Since the intent of the rule is to keep a game from becoming actionless, the shot clock already does that very thing.
The NF rules leave way too much up to interpretation in this area.