2016 NCAA Rule Change: OBS - "About to Receive" vs. "In the act of Catching"

[darkside]

Here's a call of obstruction from Sunday's Mary Nutter Classic on a squeeze play. Nebraska vs. Washington. Doesn't quite fit into the rule change though.

https://mobile.twitter.com/FloSoftba...090049/video/1

[Umpire@1]

Why do you say that? She was not in possession of the ball or in the act to receive ball. She is just blocking the plate, and made a second effort to make sure she was blocking the plate. How can this not be obstruction?

[darkside]

Originally Posted by Umpire@1

Why do you say that? She was not in possession of the ball or in the act to receive ball. She is just blocking the plate, and made a second effort to make sure she was blocking the plate. How can this not be obstruction?

It's clearly obstruction, but it doesn't fit the rule change because the ball wasn't thrown. Therefore, she was not in the act of receiving the ball. That's why I say that.

If the ball was thrown, then it would be within the realm of the rule change and still obstruction.

[CecilOne]

If the rule says "act of catching", I would not say "act of receiving"; sounds too much like "about to receive".

[darkside]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

If the rule says "act of catching", I would not say "act of receiving"; sounds too much like "about to receive".

Thank you. My mistake.