player control

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by AKOFL

I did not know that. What was the reasoning for the change? Just curious. I have no real problem with the NFHS rule, it's just odd wording. I would like one signal for all offencive fouls though.

The word that I got from some long time vets was that too many officials were screwing up this play. They were incorrect counting or cancelling goals and failing to award bonus FTs at the opposite end because they didn't take a decent look at when the try was released compared to when the contact occurred.

Therefore, the NFHS chose to simplify it and just changed the rule so that the goal is always disallowed and FTs are never awarded. That made for consistent enforcement.