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Originally Posted by Eastshire
Not what the rule says. It says the ball must be "between two opposing players." It doesn't say equidistant or that opposing players must participate. As long as an opponent is behind the ball, the rule is satisfied.
Which is to say, I'm not going to order a team who doesn't want to participate in a drop ball to do so.
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Great point, Eastshire!!!
Of course, interestingly, this precise situation is why FIFA changed the law concerning scoring directly off of a drop ball....
I very much DISLIKE the NFHS rule on the "two opposing players" drop ball.
At the same time, I also HATE the indirect free kick rule when a team has possession. GV game on Tuesday, we had a defender injured in the PA. The play was killed after the ball was cleared out of the penalty area. My partner insisted that the attacking team got a touch on the ball BEFORE the play was killed (I could not disagree, but the defender was right there to challenge). Therefore, we started with an indirect free kick -- a HUGE advantage over the "live run of play" situation when the play was killed. The resulting free kick generated a goal.
A drop ball would have been a much more appropriate call, in my opinion.