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Originally posted by Camron Rust
Daryl, I'm not making anything up. Everything I've claimed is directly out of the NFHS book. I'm a stickler for knowing the real rules and despise those that make up their own.
My assertions about the application are that you can have the opportunity for calling a violation before the ball can be touched....in some cases.
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Cameron,
I understand where you are coming from and know exactly why you are making the argument that you believe to be correct. There is some logic to your argument. When the rules committee addressed this rule (1991 I believe) and made changes many astute interpreters used the same logic to show the committee they needed to readdress and rewrite the rule to take care of situations where rules conflicted.
They considered the spirit and intent of the rule, with much emphasis on what penalties to assess in each situation and whether said penalty was too severe or not severe enough. The rule has been finalized in its present form.
In all three cases the committe has said a warning shall be given for the infraction. In situation where the team only broke the plane then the warning was the only penalty. However, if something else other than just breaking the plane happens such as contact with the ball or thrower the warning is given AND an ADDITONAL penalty is assessed. They removed the opportunity for us to call only the violation.
By the way, I agree with you the rules committee should have made the first boundary plane infraction just a violation with team warning in all cases. But they didn't so I am bound to do it their way whether I believe that penalty to be too severe or not.