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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
It has actually been the "rule" for as long as I can remember. It was just that way too many officials (nearly all, me included) were doing a piss poor job of calling it. No one was going to do it and be the only one doing it. They tried points of emphasis for years and got no movement in what was being called. They really didn't want to go to absolutes but pretty much everyone was ignoring the directives year after year. So, they simply changed the wording to make what should been a foul all along more set in stone without latitude to ignore it under what was really a poorly applied advantage/disadvantage philosoply. There was an advantage, just one that was less blatant than some fouls.
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I agree. We had a big discussion about this in our association last year. Several guys and coaches for that matter didn't like the new wording and the automatics. My answer was exactly what you just said. It was really our fault as officials because we weren't officiating this type of contact properly.