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Originally Posted by ballgame99
Our state association director of officials stated that it was so a rebounder couldn't stand back 36 inches from the lane and get a running start at the rebound.
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Why would that be a problem?
And remember, it was called an editorial clarification, not a rule change.
It may have been that someone had been imposing that restriction upon players in their games for years and got the change pushed through as an editorial to make themselves correct retroactively.