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[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

So, you're saying it's not a blocking foul? The NFHS caseplay disappeared. You say it's still valid (and I'm leaning to agree) because there has been no NFHS new ruling to the contrary (just the NCAA, and IAABO).

Correct. There has been no change in interpretation. The interpretation made sense then and still makes sense.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Good point. How is an official with less than ten years of experience supposed to know about an interpretation that hasn't been in the casebook for more than ten years?

On the other hand, how is an experienced official who used this interpretation for the nine years that it was in the casebook supposed to know that the interpretation has changed?

Don't you just love it when the NFHS makes unannounced changes?

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Too bad that the NFHS doesn't have a basketball rules editor that actually takes the time to edit.

It wasn't changed. There are many things about the job we do that are not spelled out in the books. If the books detailed everything and every angle of every rule, the book would be the size of the OED.

Unless the NFHS says otherwise, correct interpretations remain valid indefinitely.