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Originally Posted by LDUB
Earlier you said "Also, the NCAA book clearly states "The intent of the force-play-slide rule is to ensure the safety of the defensive player." No such statement of intent in the FED book, although I happen to agree that is the intent of the rule."
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Luke, actually it does. I didn't post that part of the rule because I thought my post(s) were already ridiculously long & was looking for places to shorten. Here's the text from the NCAA rules (2004 edition - maybe it's changed since then):
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SECTION 4. The intent of the force-play-slide rule is to ensure the safety of the defensive player. This is a safety as well as an interference rule. Whether the defense could have completed the double play has no bearing on the applicability of this rule.
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Other than that minor tangential point, I completely agree with what you say in your above post.
LMAN,
I also agree with your comments, with the possible exception of:
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Originally Posted by LMAN
..."Touching" F4 is irrelevant, and everyone knows that. ...
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If you're saying that contact is not REQUIRED for an FPSR violation, I completely agree. OTOH, if you're saying that contact is completely irrelevant in judging an FPSR situation, I would disagree.
JM