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Old Sun May 06, 2007, 11:15pm
zebraman zebraman is offline
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Perhaps the officials didn't notice, perhaps the rules committee believes there is no need for a case play stating to immediately call a T as it is obvious from the rule, or perhaps the rules committee felt that it was more important to use the case play to explain the reasoning behind why all of the players have to return at the same time -- it could be used deceptively to gain an advantage in the manner described in the case play.

Just some thoughts.
Possibly. Or perhaps because there is no advantage gained from unknowingly having only 4 players returned and no penalty is needed unless the 5th one joins in while the ball is live? I've often wondered why and would like a clarification from NFHS.
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