Legal guarding position question

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

I'm sure this was discussed back when it changed--why the change? This change has never made sense to me--maybe its that bias of having been taught to plant the foot on the line myself.

I just can't figure out what problem the rules committee was trying to solve that made it worth changing the rule. Seems to me they just made the play more complicated and harder to officiate.

Exactly.

Why was it changed? The rule wasn't actually changed. Someone got on the rules committee and decided that it meant something different than what everyone else had been calling forever. There was no sensible justification for it. And yes, it just makes it harder to officiate for no benefit.