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Originally Posted by Welpe
Aggie, in Fed, hurdling is defined as:
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Hurdling is an attempt by a player to jump (hurdle) with one or both feet or knees foremost over an opponent who is contacting the ground with no part of his body except one or both feet.
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As you can see, in Fed, the runner is not exempt from hurdling. |
actually, I can't see that the Fed runner is not exempt. not from your quote of the Fed rules anyway.
you gave the
definiton of hurdling (which is, practically speaking, identical to the ncaa's). but you didn't quote the Fed rule
against hurdling.
my point being that the ncaa definition makes no mention of the exemption either. we don't get the exemption until 9-1-2-i:
There shall be no hurdling (Exception: The ball carrier may hurdle an opponent.).
Any chance there actually is a Fed exception? No disrespect or second-guessing intended! I mention this only b/c I've worked games with Mass. officials who flagged the ballcarrier for hurdling. When we got together, they were aware of the
definition, but not of the exception.