[Back In The Saddle]

My 2005-2006 NFHS rule book arrived today! We've known for a while what the rule changes are, but I thought I'd post the exact text so that everybody can start thinking about the nitty gritty of exactly how things changed.

3-4-15 A team jersey designed to be worn inside the pants/skirt shall be tucked inside the pants/skirt and the pants/skirt shall be above the hips and worn properly. A player not conforming to this uniform policy shall be directed to leave the game. A team member shall not remove the jersey and/or pants/skirt in the visual confines of the playing area. See 10-3-7h and 10-4-1h for penalty.

4-19-7 A team-control foul is a common foul committed by a member of the team that has team control.

4-36 POINT OF INTERRUPTION
ART. 1 ... Method of resuming play due to an official's accidental whistle, an iterrupted game, as in 5-4-3, a correctable error, as in 2-10-6, a double personal, double technical or simultaneous foul, as in 4-19-8 and 4-19-10.
ART. 2 ... Play shall be resumed by:
a. A throw-in to the team that was in control at a spot nearest to where the ball was located when the stoppage occurred.
b. A free throw or throw-in when the stoppage occurred during this activity or if a team is entitled to such.
c. An alternating-possession throw-in when the point of interruption is such that neither team is in control and no goal, infraction, nor end of quarter/extra period is involved.

6-4-3-g Double personal, double technical or simultaneous fouls occur and the point of interruption is such that neither team is in control and no goal, infraction, nor end of quarter/extra period is involved.

7-5-5 After a player-control foul, as in 4-19-6; a team-control fould, as in 4-19-7; or after a common foul prior to the bonus rule being in effect, as in 4-19-2, any player of the offended team shall make the throw-in from the desginated out-of-bounds spot nearest the foul.

7-5-9 After a double personal foul, as in 4-19-8a; a double technical foul, as in 4-19-8b; or a simultaneous foul, as in 4-19-10, play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. See 4-36
9-3-2 A player shall not leave the floor for an unauthorized reason.
PENALTY: (Section 3) The ball is dead when the violation occurs and is awarded to the opponents ofr a throw-in from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation. (See 6-7-9 Exception 4)

10-3-3 Delay returning after legally being out of bounds

10-3-7-h Removing the jersey and/or pants/skirt within the visual confines of the playing area.

10-4-1-h Removing the jersey and/or pants/skirt within the visual confines of the playing area.



[Edited by Back In The Saddle on Jul 29th, 2005 at 07:58 PM]