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Old Mon Dec 07, 2009, 09:40am
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
What if he is merely lifting his knee to turn and clearly not attempting to stand?
Impossible, as I understand the application of the rule. Lifting the knee is "attempting to get up."

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Rather than officiate by all of these cutesy rules of thumb that people create, I'd prefer to only penalize a player when he actually does something illegal.
I agree with this, but don't understand what it has to do with this thread.
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