POE for NFHS 2012-13

[Nevadaref]

"5. Contact between players in free throw lane spaces prior to the ball contacting the ring
a. It is illegal to physically contact an opponent prior to the ball legally contacting the ring."

Now who from the NFHS wrote this silliness? Someone please cite a rule which supports this. To my knowledge, there isn't one. There is only a provision that a player in a marked lane space cannot break the plane of that space with his foot prior to the ball contacting the ring or backboard.

The players can touch each other, they just cannot foul each other. This is not a throw-in boundary plane!