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What makes anyone believe that whoever wrote "spotted" in Casebook reference 4.3.6 actually meant that, rather than its meaning "readied"? "Do you want the ball here?" [Puts ball on ground.] "No, there." "Too late, it's spotted." |
The UNRELATED Casebook references serve to support the interpretation that spotting the ball and the RFP are two distinct acts.
What makes anyone believe that whoever wrote "spotted" in Casebook reference 4.3.6 was referring to anything other that? Don't you think that if the FED MEANT 'readied', they would specified 'readied' or RFP rather than spotted? |
Fed case books are notorious for implying incorrect things in their rulings. When they write those cases, they are typically trying to teach 1 concept and don't realize what they are implying in other parts of the case. Don't go looking for secondary rulings in Fed cases unless they are specifically stated in that case.
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My point is that the case book only refers to a case where the team has already made a request, hence the sentence "...once spotted the ball
may not be moved because of a second request." The point of the case is that once the team picks a place, they're stuck with that place unless there is a dead-ball foul or replay of the down. I don't see any case book plays where the team's first request regarding the ball is denied just because the ball has already been placed placed/spotted. If the RFP hasn't been blown and the team hasn't yet made a request, I have no reason not to honor their request and move the ball. However once they pick a spot, or the RFP is blown, they're playing the ball where it lies unless there is a dead-ball foul or replay of the down. |
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