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Originally posted by SRW
There's nothing there about spectator VERBAL interference... only PHYSICAL interference. Fans can say whatever they want until they become a team member or an offensive player.
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Where in the rule does it say PHYSICAL interference?
Where in the rule does it preclude VERBAL interference?
It does say
spectator and it does say
confuse.
And you raise a veddy interestink point about a spectator morphing into a team member. Coaches who give instruction must be in the dugout. If a spectator is giving instruction, then I would judge the spectator to be a team member at that point, and no longer a spectator.
spectator (from
http://www.dictionary.com)
n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" [syn: witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Any action that impedes, hinders or confuses a player to is no longer an "observer". They become a team member, which puts them subject to OBS.