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Old Fri Jan 12, 2007, 04:27am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by justacoach
My bad... Rule 9-13 is the applicable text (smiley implied)
Yup, and 9-13 is in a section called "VIOLATIONS". Rule 4-24-8 still gives us direction, as do other sections in the rules also, which includes R4-23-1 which says "Every player is entitled to a spot on the playing court provided such player gets their first without illegally contacting an opponent". That's the guiding principle. W&S, Tim Taylor, Camron Rust et al have already told you what officials look for and how they call it. They are correct. Again, if one of your players pivots into a defender and whacks him with an elbow, I wouldn't protest too much if the foul was called on him/her. You might lose your game check.
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