Handchecking?

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Originally Posted by CoachP

Thanks Jeff, I may be changing my opinion based on that statement.

Kinda like 2 butt cheeks making contact during a box out "is not going to be called "automatic" foul from me unless there is a created advantage by the "box outer" "??

Has there ever been an NFHS POE that two butt cheeks during a box out is an automatic foul?

This discussion has led me to an interesting question - how much weight should "old" POEs be given? They have some "rule of law" in that they are interpretations of the Rules by the NFHS with guidance to how they want those rules applied. But when they are taken out, do we assume they no longer want those rules applied that way, or that the NFHS has simply determined that the area of concern has been appropriately addressed by officials but that we still need to apply those POEs until we hear differently?

This "two-hands automatic foul" POE is a great example of this ambiguity - the rules have been reworded since then, but not necessarily changed, so should we still look at it as official interpretation, or has something come out to override that?