Two rules questions inspired by NFHS test

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Which side of the line? The touching part is what matters.

Are you sure the "touching part" is what really matters?

The rule states "settles or is touched on or over fair territory...

So theoretically, and maybe physically, the bottom of the ball could be touching foul territory just outside the chalk, but a portion of the ball is "over" fair territory (as the foul line should probably be called the fair line).