9-9-1 EXCEPTION in New '18,19 Rules Book

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

All they did was make the rule more confusing.

It was the interpretation that was confusing, especially when the NFHS told us that a player could simultaneously be the last to touch and the first to touch (one player could do both in a split second, like quantum physics, that it is possible to be in two locations at the same time). Technically, according to some on the NFHS rules committee, the original rule language could be subjected to a ton of very literal scrutiny to agree with the stupid interpretation.

Originally Posted by walt

... there are still people on the NFHS rules committee who believe this previous rule interpretation should stand.

Whether we would have called the violation, or not, at least now we have a rule that gets rid of what most of us believed to be an erroneous interpretation. We probably won't see this in a game (give a million players a basketball on a court with a division line for a million years and it might happen once), but when the situation shows up on a written exam, all of us will be able to confidently answer correctly, based on the new rule language.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

... change any wording or interpretations.

Ask, and it shall be given you. (Matthew 7:7)

Originally Posted by walt

... he has been tasked by Theresia Wynns with drafting a new case play for distribution at some point in the "near future."

Let's all hope that it's sooner rather than later.