NCAA Rule Question

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
The idea on that one was to reward the defense for forcing the held ball. Actually, it was one less thing that the bench could screw up,with no AP to worry about.

Yeah, but what a miserable rule to administer. Every held ball you had to explain to somebody why you were going to the arrow instead of giving it to the defense, or vice versa. I'm glad it's gone. College should go back to the jump, as far as I'm concerned.