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Originally Posted by ppaltice
But the queer wording of 8-2-4: 'if any team commits a foul for which the basic spot is the succeeding spot' makes me firmly resolved that the Rule writers want us to allow live ball unsportsmanlike fouls by A to be included in 8-2-4.
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True only if you choose to ignore the wording that immediately proceeds it. "After a TD play, before the ready....
commits a foul enforced at succeeding spot".
The rule gives the time frame for when the foul has to be committed, not just
when it is supposed to be enforced. I just have a lot of trouble altering a clear wording of a rule to fit what I
think the rulesmakers wanted.
I agree the rule needs to be cleaned up, Lord knows that happens all the time with the NFHS, but I think we are stuck with what the rule says for now.