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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
You're gonna nitpick yourself to death one day trying to be such a cunning linguist.
Whointhehell is saying that an unsporting ACT is the same as an unsporting FOUL? An unsporting act is an unsporting act. Period. The nature of that unsporting act determines the type of foul to be called.
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Look at 4-19-14. The words
conduct and
behavior both appear there, and that rule specifies noncontact.
Act is basically synonymous with those words. Are you going to draw a distinction between action, conduct, behavior and foul?
Also, I had this situation arise in a game a three years ago. My state office checked with the NFHS for clarification and that was the response.
My opinion is that the NFHS needs to change the wording of the rule. It is poorly written. It should apply to the scenario that you discuss, but as written it doesn't.