Another problem with the new backcourt rule?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by deecee

I don't see all the confusion over this (and the IF's on contact with a thrower in).

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'm not confused. But there are folks who didn't ref last year who will be ref'ing this year. And when they read the rulebook they are going come up with rule book based interpretations of certain plays such as the play we are talking about.

And the people the year after that and the year after that....all of whom will not have the benefit of a PowerPoint presentation that will likely never be incorporated into the book...or at least not cleanly.

[BillyMac]

... Is that we all saw it coming from a mile away. Why didn't the NFHS see this as a problem? What a bunch of knuckleheads.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

And the people the year after that and the year after that....all of whom will not have the benefit of a PowerPoint presentation that will likely never be incorporated into the book...or at least not cleanly.

This is the real source of the problem - unless and until the rule is changed appropriately there will be confusion and more of it each year.

Scrappy got it right above. It's totally amateur hour.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

This is the real source of the problem - unless and until the rule is changed appropriately there will be confusion and more of it each year.

Scrappy got it right above. It's totally amateur hour.

And it's an easy fix.

Subsequent a throw-in, a backcourt violation cannot occur and a 10-second backcourt count cannot begin until or unless player control has been established.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

And it's an easy fix.

Subsequent a throw-in, a backcourt violation cannot occur and a 10-second backcourt count cannot begin until or unless player control has been established.

And that's the worst part of this: not only is your solution an example of a simple fix, but there were multiple other avenues to get the end result they desired without creating such a ridiculous ongoing issue.