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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
That was the point of my question. I'd love to learn the history as to why the balk rules diverged. There has to be a reason someone decided the ball should be dead for a balk in FED and someone decided the ball should still be live in OBR.
My daughter is as bad as I am, always asking "why?"
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They both had it as an immediate dead ball. Then, OBR realized that this just punished the offense for a defense's mistake. So, OBR changed the rule.
FED hasn't, probably (my opinion) because it would be "too confusing" for FED umpires and coaches (present company excepted, of course).