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Originally Posted by Ed Hickland
Robert, I find it incomprehensible a man of your intelligence cannot comprehend such a simple statement.
A foot on the ground means standing upright on the ground. I did not mean a foot on the ground would be such that the heel is touching the ground or you are lying on your side such that a foot or both feet touch the ground on their sides. I truly meant standing upright with the entire sole of the shoe touching the ground.
If you still have a problem I will be happy to post a picture of "feet on the ground."
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The important point is what meaning it has in the rules. I'm sure they mean it to have its
literal meaning. If they wanted to say "upright" or "erect" -- as indeed the rules formerly did without clarif'n -- they wouldn't've clarified by adding the detail about no other part of the body touching the ground.
But in determining whether hurdling has occurred, as long as some other part of the surmounted player was touching the ground, it doesn't matter whether
any part of either foot was also touching the ground.
Robert