Basic spot question

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

In the NCAA book, the basic spot and the spot at which the foul is penalized from is not necessarily the same thing. Certain fouls BEHIND the basic spot are spot fouls, so you need to know the basic spot, the spot of the foul and the enforcement spot.

I believe the history of this one is that NCAA's was the traditional rule set, then Fed amended the definition of basic spot to slightly shorten the wording of application of penalties, even though the effect would be the same.

Robert in the Bronx