Question about a rule

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

You have to have your feet within shoulder width in order for it to be a charge (LGP?). If you have your legs spread eagle then it would be a block, right? I can't remember were this is in the book, maybe under LGP?

This might have been the case in this game.
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The language you are looking for is under "CONTACT" in NFHS rule 10-6-1--"A player shall not.....impede the progress of an opponent by extending an arm, shoulder, hip or knee, or by bending the body into other than a normal position". [/B][/QUOTE]

However, this only matters if the contact is on that extended appendage. If the player is doing the splits but is still hit in the torso, the position of the arms and legs do not matter.

Sounds like this case was simply called wrong. I've heard people before claim similar things.