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Old Thu Dec 19, 2002, 09:59am
zebraman zebraman is offline
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Advantage/Disadvantage is in the rulebook based on contact, not violations. If I am wrong, show me the passage and I will concede that point all together. BTW, the term Advantage/Disadvantage is not even the terminology of the rulebook.

Wrong as usual Rut.
From the "Intent and Purpose" section of the NFHS Rules book: "A player or a team should not be permitted an advantage which is not intended by a rule. Neither should play be permitted to develop which may lead to placing a player at a disadvantage not intended by a rule." Since the 3-in-the-key rule was put in to prevent Lew Alcindor from posting up next to the basket and getting the ball for an easy slam dunk, the intent of that rule is pretty easy to figure for most officials.

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