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Old Sun Apr 06, 2008, 06:52pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Jurassic Referee: Excellent explanation of the old Lack Of Action Rule. I believe that you nailed it. You indicate that the NFHS got rid of it quickly. When I began officiating back in the early 1980's, the the Lack Of Action rule was already in place, and only lasted a few years, as you indicated. I always thought that the rule had been in place for more than a few years. Do you remember when it started, or when it stopped? I'll take your word for it that there were other versions before the one you so aptly described, but I don't recall any other versions after the one you described was taken out of the rule book.
I graduated high school in 1991 and the rule was still in place. It was repealed between 1991 and 1994 because our college hosted the AAU state final 4 in 1994 and a team killed off about 5 straight minutes in the 3rd quarter with stalling and I was wondering why the officials weren't enforcing the lack of action rule.
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