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Old Mon Nov 25, 2002, 06:24pm
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Re: Your Choice!

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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Several years ago the held ball rule changed and removed any reference to amount of time the ball needed to be held. This got rid of the players violently struggling to free up the ball before the allotted time elapsed and a jump ball was called.
I don't remember any specific time ever being alloted in either the old Fed or NCAA rulesets.Could you elaborate on exactly what time interval was specified for held balls in the rules back then?
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