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Old Sun Mar 15, 2009, 06:53pm
Scrapper1 Scrapper1 is offline
Lighten up, Francis.
 
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
Scrapper, you have provided the proper information for a fumble, however, the NFHS uses the term "muff" to indicate that the player touched the ball, but did not establish player control.

4.44 SITUATION A: A1 attempts to catch the ball while running rapidly. A1
muffs the ball
Interesting, but I still wouldn't use the term. As I said, there is a layman's "common sense" meaning; and I guess that's good enough for the case book. I still don't like it, though.
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