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Old Mon Feb 25, 2002, 01:15pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
So, we penalize an offensive person for not being to perform normal offensive movements associated with the game entirely inbounds. Why do we not keep the same requirements for the defense. What I'm reading from the thread earlier and Mark's text above is that it is ok for the defense to leave the playing area to circumvent the rules of the game. He is OOB because should the ball touch him, it's an out-of-bounds violation!

Just throwing that out there.

..Mike
The offense can gain an advantage by being OOB.

The defense gives the offense an advantage by being OOB. Don't "pile on" to this disadvantage by caling a T on this.
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