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Old Thu Nov 17, 2011, 07:17pm
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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp View Post
Absolutely! Didn't want to ask a question if I already had the answer at my disposal. Which is why I asked about the "safety grip region."

IF (and that's a big IF) that's the actual wording, then I read it to mean that players can add Tack 'Em and pine tar up to (but no more than) 15" from the safety knob. That is, after all, the defined safety grip region.

Maybe it was inadvertent, but that's what I see and how I read it.
Well, that is why members of the staff meet afterwards to review wording to make sure the change fits and states what it is supposed to mean. But as you have seen in the past, even though they try, it doesn't always work that way.
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