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Originally posted by TriggerMN
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I was envisioning a 5 second closely guarded count, rather than a 5 second inbound -- I can see the call arising on an inbound play, particularly if aimed at the family jewels, since, as someone pointed out it's not a smart play, anyway . . . from OOB, the knees are better than the feet b/c they're harder to move out of the way . . . and my (admittedly unclear) horror was directed at a player trying to save the ball from OOB, NOT on an inbound . . . nor do I disagree that the legitimate game rationale is left up to the official -- my view is that refs should be extremely cautious in concluding ill intent on plays where there is a reason for the play other than trying to hurt the other player -- and I'd be hard pressed to ever see the call being appropriate on the save of a ball going out of bounds as there is not likely enough time to develop an ill intent
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Glad you cleared that up.
Sorry I jumped to the wrong conclusion on it. Had a situation earlier this year where a JV Girl got a ball flung full force into her face on an OOB save. She just crumbled to the floor when it hit her. Broken nose and blood everywhere, including me. No T called, we did not even know if the other girl had saved it or not. We went with the arrow to put it back into play.