old rule question ( before 1980 )

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Sun Mar 18, 2012, 02:32pm

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Originally Posted by GROUPthink

The rule was the lack of action rule. It went away about 1990. I don't remember what we called the line, though.

It was called "Lack of sufficient action".
One of the worst rules ever. Thankfully it ended within a year or two of my starting officiating.

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