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Old Thu Feb 23, 2012, 09:20pm
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Originally Posted by M&M Guy View Post
If you want to be that perfectly precise, the actual rule doesn't use either preposition.

Now what?

To be precise, a and the are not prepositions. The point is the rule requires legal position, not that the defender already be at the position of the contact before the offensive player becomes airborne.
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