Yup, I do recognize it and I'm not saying that to be argumentative. I'm just saying that if a kid is going to drop because he/she needs water, then I'm not going to stop it.
I know it was a POE, but the intent of that was to prevent unnecessary foolishness on some players' parts. Some kids think they can do whatever during the game, so the NFHS came up with that to curb such behavior.
I'm not suggesting we ignore the rulebook, but use our discretion and judgment as to when to apply it.
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