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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Three years old (2011-12):
10-6 : CONTACT
ART. 1 A player shall not hold, push, charge, trip or impede the progress of an opponent by extending arm(s), shoulder(s), hip(s) or knee(s), or by bending his/her body into other than a normal position; nor use any rough tactics.
ART. 2 A player shall not contact an opponent with his/her hand unless such contact is only with the opponent’s hand while it is on the ball and is incidental to an attempt to play the ball.
ART. 3 A player shall not use his/her hands on an opponent in any way that inhibits the freedom of movement of the opponent or acts as an aid to a player in starting or stopping.
ART. 4 A player shall not extend the arm(s) fully or partially other than vertically so that freedom of movement of an opponent is hindered when contact with the arms occurs. A player may hold his/her hand(s) and arm(s) in front of his/her own face or body for protection and to absorb force from an imminent charge by an opponent.
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ART. 5 It is not legal to use hands on an opponent which in any way inhibits the freedom of movement of the opponent or acts as an aid to a player in starting or stopping.
ART. 6 It is not legal to extend the arms fully or partially in a position other than vertical so that the freedom of movement of an opponent is hindered when contact with the arms occurs. The extension of the elbows when the hands are on the hips or when the hands are held near the chest or when the arms are held more or less horizontally are examples of the illegal positions used.
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Those items are exactly the same thing as we have today in concept. They just changed the wording to get people to make call. The specific acts that should have been a foul haven't changed.
Even if officials were not calling it under the excuse of RSBQ and advantage/disadvantage, the rulesmakers were telling us for years that such conclusions were wrong, that it WAS affecting RSBQ even if most officials thought otherwise, and that it was an advantage even if most officials thought otherwise. That had to make it absolutes so officials wouldn't keep ignoring it.