Video: SE Lousiana v. Pudue-FW

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sorry, this just isn't a charge. The defender loses LGP by moving forward into contact. He does go from A to B (the body, not the feet). The feet mark the time LGP is obtained, the body marks the position LGP is obtained. And it was trivially easy to see in real time. Just look at the torso, which is what you should be looking at and it jumps out at you. To come up with a block isn't a matter of judgement, it is a misapplication of the rule.

The rule that is applicable:

I guess it may be "technically" a rule misapplication, but no one is losing games or getting fired from a conference over erring on a block/charge play, especially one this close that clearly people are split on. It's a judgment call for all intents and purposes.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by SC Official

I guess it may be "technically" a rule misapplication, but no one is losing games or getting fired from a conference over erring on a block/charge play, especially one this close that clearly people are split on. It's a judgment call for all intents and purposes.

True.

But consider this....

If a player has his feet in one spot and leans left or right to get contact, do we not consider that a block since the player leaned beyond the space the torso was in.

If a player sticks his/her feet out to the side and they move their torso over after the shooter is airborne, we call a block since they didn't get to that spot first....the feet were down in time, but the body wasn't in place in time.

Why would forward movement be any different? (It isn't)

Additionally, the feet can always be moving (neither foot is required to be kept in place) and there is no specific requirement about feet position anywhere...they can have the feet 6' apart and still have LGP, but that LGP isn't 6' wide, it is the width of the shoulders. It is the body that marks position.