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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
When something seems to be allowed by the best officials, you can usually find a reason for it in the rules if you look long enough, I have found.
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completely agree with this---in fact, it is this principle that motivated my original post. This just one of those things that I've been looking for in the rules for a while and haven't been able to find...
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
That seems like a good point, Lotto, but it's really not as clear cut as that, even in the NCAA rulebook. You list article 4, but you don't mention article 5:
"When both opponents are moving in exactly the same path and direction and the screener slows down or stops and contact results, the trailing player shall be responsible for such contact."
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You're right...this does seem to allow moving screens in certain circumstances. However, this part of the rule seems to cover a situation where one player is following another. In a boxing out situation, the players aren't moving in exactly the same path---they're moving in different, parallel paths.
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I'm not trying to pick a fight, Lotto, honest. I'm just trying to get the wording right. I am not trying to be nit-picker.
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This is a nit-picky kind of question, so feel free to pick as many of those nits as you can find!!!