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20 feet away is not close enough to slide but he is close enough to abandon running efforts in a direction away from the fielder to avoid any potential for influencing the play. It's a safety rule, let this pass and one day the runner will get beaned between the eyes when the fielder is NOT influenced by his presence and EXPECTS him to avoid. Call the FPSR in this situation and you will train him (and maybe all the players on both sides) to do what FED wants him to do, avoid injury.
Not calling this is OBR interpretation.
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