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Old Wed Jul 02, 2003, 05:51pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I am not going to dig out my rules books for the year of the change, but it use to be if the out-of-bounds line was only two inches wide it was a throw-in violation to step on the out-of-bounds line. If the OOB line was wider that 2" and the thrower stepped on the line it was not a violation.
If you are serious, this is the best example yet of how inane the rules committee can be!

What's more inane is that the OOB lines simply need to be a minimum of 2" wide.

Of course, the 2"/8" rule is just part of the "supplement to the court diagram," not the rules.
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