"Reestablishing" inbounds

zebraman · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 17, 2007, 06:52pm

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Originally Posted by bronco

How long ago was the rule changed that a player could be first to touch a ball if they came from OOB to inbounds, once they had one foot in? I was talking to a parent recently, and just told them it was changed in the last couple of years, but I wasn't sure exactly. Thanks.

It wasn't changed recently. The rule has been that way as long as I've been officiating.

bronco · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 17, 2007, 06:59pm

Thanks, then I wonder where this thought comes from, since it seems like quite a few people think it. Oh, well.

zebraman · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 17, 2007, 06:59pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by bronco

Thanks, then I wonder where this thought comes from, since it seems like quite a few people think it. Oh, well.

LOL, we could cover quite a few pages on what "quite a few people" think the rules are.

mplagrow · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 17, 2007, 07:49pm

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Originally Posted by bronco

Thanks, then I wonder where this thought comes from, since it seems like quite a few people think it. Oh, well.

Probably from that other league, the NFL, where you can't be the first to touch the ball when you come back inbounds.

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