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Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:47am

Rich Ives

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Originally Posted by thumpferee

We had a similar discussion at our meeting last night. We were discussing the "gorilla" arm. With the ball in hand, there could be intent if the arm was moving to deceive. But if the ball was in glove, we saw very little deceit there.

Deceit is legal if done within the rules.

FED says you can't swing the arm.

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