[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

MTD is not saying that rule is not in the book.

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Oh, is that right, Camron? Then please tell me which person made the following statements previously in this thread:

1)Because by rule a blarge is impossible.
2)You just cannot have a block and a charge involving the same two players, the rules do not allow it.

Un-freaking-believable imo! The rules very, very specifically do allow for blarges, and they also very,very specifically allow for a block and a charge involving the same two players. To state otherwise when there's a definitive case book play saying that you are wrong is ludicrous.

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I stand by my original statement, that NFHS and NCAA rules do not allow a BLARGE. The definition of guarding just does not allow such a thing to happen. The reality of the situation is that when a BLARGE happens, it is the result of one of two things and both involve court coverage and mechanics:

1) Two-person crew: This is almost always a breakdown in court coverage: One official abandoning his primary to make a call where he should not be looking and from my experience he will always call block and he will always be wrong because he never sees the play from start to finish.

2) Three-person crew: This is almost always the result of dual coverage. Even in this situation only one of the two officials will be able to see the entire play from start to finish.

The NFHS and NCAA Men’s Rules committees consider a BLARGE a double foul. The NFHS and NCAA Men’s Rules committees have addressed the BLARGE through a Casebook Play (NFHS), and its CCA Manual and in-season rulings (NCAA Men’s). Rather that addressing the problem of court coverage and mechanics the Rules Committees side step this problem with a cosmetic solution.

The NCAA Women’s Rules Committee recognizes that a BLARGE, by rule, is impossible, and is actually the result of court coverage and mechanics. The NCAA Women’s Rules Committee has addressed this problem from the point of view of court coverage and mechanics in its CCA Manual and in-season rulings.

And from what Camron has already written in this thread, without putting words in his mouth, I think that he would agree with what I have just written.

MTD, Sr.