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Originally posted by Jeremy Hohn
I guess I would have to say did the player establish a pivot foot from the floor? Traveling has quite a bit to do with the pivot and I don't see her establishing one clearly in this situation. NO CALL.
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JR,
With this quote I agree. I thought 4-43-5b was put in to tell us that it is still a travel if a player gets up even without moving an established pivot foot. Say the player is on one knee and then stands without moving the other foot. That is the special case that is covered.
Perhaps there was too much trouble with officials judging what was the pivot foot in the case of a player on the floor, so the rules committee just removed the judgement element and made it a travel in all cases where the players gets up.
Much like the evolution of disallowing a made basket on a PC foul.
I hear back in the day, even HS officials had to judge whether the shot was away before or after the foul and then either count or not count the basket. Some vets have told me that they feel the rule was changed to make it easier for the officials because too many of them were screwing this up.
As a vet, what are your thoughts on this?
Politely and Respectfully as always!