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Old Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:34pm
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Originally Posted by yooperbballref View Post
That is the example that the case book gives is the book going into the locker room at halftime. Says it is illegal but there is no penalty...

That brings me to another question, why have a rule if there is no penalty if broken?
If the book was simply removed from the table, then there's no penalty. Mistakes happen, not everything has to be punitive.

But if there's unsporting activity, there's a reason to penalize and you should.
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