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Originally Posted by BillyMac
however why the following rule:
Rule 10-3-6 Delay the game by acts such as: d. Repeated violations of the throw in, as in 9-2-10 (The opponents(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw in boundary line plane until the ball has been released on the throw in pass). Rule 10-3-6 refers to a Player Technical after any team warning for delay.
This is the rule that confused me.
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Good question, and I wish that I had a good answer, but I don't.
I can only hazard a guess. Perhaps some of the vets who were around when this rule was developed and saw its evolution can chime in.
Hey JR, MTD, BktBallRef, Bob J, etc. we need your expertise here.
My thought is that is that due to many editorial changes and even perhaps even some outright rule changes this one is a mess. It may well be a now unnecessary vestige from days gone by.
For example, the NFHS committee modified the language for all of 9-2 back in the 2005-06 rules book without comment or explanation.
How many alterations would it take before something that was clear and meshed with the other rules becomes garbled and confusing?
Right now, I can't come up with a scenario that would require the use of the current 10-3-6d.
I did ponder if the rule could be used against a player who is repeatedly reaching across the boundary plane or requesting to swap with the thrower
BEFORE the ball becomes live -- in other words someone who is just being a general annoyance in this manner. However, due to the specific words "after the ball is at the thrower's disposal" in 9-2-9 and that the restriction in 9-2-10 is clearly intended to only apply during a live ball, I believe that 10-3-6a would be a better justification for issuing a penalty in such situations.