Post Play

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

I think the NCAA's explanations of legal and illegal activity are more clearly written. To each his own.

What isn't clearly written in the FED POE?

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

What isn't clearly written in the FED POE?

Alot. What, in the post play section of the POE above is #5 saying. Can I use a forearm to maintain position, or can I not use one at all. It is very vague in its wording. And what the hell in the offensive part does it mean by "shape up".

I just want to know from the rulebook if a forearm is legal or not for the purposes of just maintaining position. It sounds like it is reffed differently throughout the nation. I am going to ask my assignor next time I see him and see what he says, so I can make sure I am, in fact, in Rome. Cause its possible I am in the suburbs of it.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

Alot. What, in the post play section of the POE above is #5 saying. Can I use a forearm to maintain position, or can I not use one at all. It is very vague in its wording. And what the hell in the offensive part does it mean by "shape up".

I just want to know from the rulebook if a forearm is legal or not for the purposes of just maintaining position. It sounds like it is reffed differently throughout the nation. I am going to ask my assignor next time I see him and see what he says, so I can make sure I am, in fact, in Rome. Cause its possible I am in the suburbs of it.

Sigh....

As posted on this forum before, several times....taken from the same and other NFHS POE's:

"USE OF A FOREARM, REGARDLESS OF THE DURATION OF THE CONTACT, IS A FOUL!"

That is a direct cite from the NFHS 2003-04 rule book.

The usage of a forearm under NFHS rules is NEVER legal under ANY circumstances.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Sigh....

As posted on this forum before, several times....taken from the same and other NFHS POE's:

"USE OF A FOREARM, REGARDLESS OF THE DURATION OF THE CONTACT, IS A FOUL!"

That is a direct cite from the NFHS 2003-04 rule book.

The usage of a forearm under NFHS rules is NEVER legal under ANY circumstances.

Right. But as btaylor points out, it also says:

When a player uses hands, forearms or elbows to prevent an opponent from maintaining a legal position, it is a foul.

That seems to suggest that it's NOT a foul to use a forearm as long as you don't prevent your opponent from maintaining a legal position.

Now, you and I both know that's NOT what it means. But if you only read the POE and not the section that you cited, that's what somebody would infer. It could be written better there.

[Jimgolf]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Sigh....

As posted on this forum before, several times....taken from the same and other NFHS POE's:

"USE OF A FOREARM, REGARDLESS OF THE DURATION OF THE CONTACT, IS A FOUL!"

That is a direct cite from the NFHS 2003-04 rule book.

The usage of a forearm under NFHS rules is NEVER legal under ANY circumstances.

This text is clear. This is also not in the excerpt you posted before and referenced as being clear. This would make the whole excerpt clearer. Especially the large font size.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

This text is clear. This is also not in the excerpt you posted before and referenced as being clear. This would make the whole excerpt clearer. Especially the large font size.

I'm surprised those big letters weren't blue.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

This text is clear. This is also not in the excerpt you posted before and referenced as being clear. This would make the whole excerpt clearer. Especially the large font size.

Well, if you go back to page 1 of this thread and reference my post of Monday, September 25th., at 7:42pm--- iow about 18 days ago- you will find that I posted the exact same rules excerpt as above verbatim. Geeze, how many times do I have to post it?

And the statement couldn't be any clearer either imo. The problem seems to be that btaylor doesn't want to believe what was printed in the rule book. There's a whole buncha rules that I don't like either; that doesn't make 'em wrong.

[SmokeEater]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

... what the hell in the offensive part does it mean by "shape up".

Well, I choose the Triangle because it has a wider base when I shape up in the Post. A circle is just to unstable down low.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

And what the hell in the offensive part does it mean by "shape up".

It's the equivalent of the NBA's expression to "firm up" for the contact.

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

It's the equivalent of the NBA's expression to "firm up" for the contact.

Yes, but the term "firm up" in the NBA venacular refers to the defense. "Shape up", to me, is so ambigious and a weird wording. Do you think they changed from "firm up" to "shape up" just so they wouldn't have the same wording as the NBA?

By the by, I understand what you are saying and thank you.

P.S. To me, it sucks that a player can't at least use a forearm to maintain position.