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2006 ncaa book
Team A calls TO while in possession 5 yards laterally from the goal in its attack area.
On the re-start the lead official beckons A to re-start just outside the box laterally from the goal.
Coach A calls out:"New rule this year, Sir. We get to start where the ball was when play was suspended."
Your response?
laxfan25
11-21-2005, 01:42 PM
"The only time a restart is allowed with the ball in the attack area is when a timeout is called after a shot with the ball being restarted in on the endline inside the attack area." 4-27 AR 123.
"But Sir....New rule 4-24 says 'Exception: On a timeout OR an out of bounds on the endline, the ball restarts inside the attack area at the spot where the ball was when play was uspended.'"
laxfan25
11-21-2005, 01:53 PM
"But Sir....New rule 4-24 says 'Exception: On a timeout OR an out of bounds on the endline, the ball restarts inside the attack area at the spot where the ball was when play was uspended.'"
"My mistake. Thank you for pointing that out so politely. Your ball where it was - everyone else five yards away."
That's the problem when all of these things aren't in one area of the book! I was looking at the Team Timeouts section and had skipped over Restarts where Regular Substitutions are prohibited - which is a much more logical location for the exception! :crazy:
Laxfan25 wrote: ""My mistake. Thank you for pointing that out so politely. Your ball where it was - everyone else five yards away."
No...you are not mistaken. and Thank God...you wouldn't want to award the ball to the attacker 2 yards in front of the crease with everyone 5 yards away...
My prissy little point is that the new rule is somewhat poorly written.
They mean to say:
" On a TO after an out of bounds on the endline AND an out of bounds on the endline, the ball restarts inside the attack area..."
laxfan25
11-21-2005, 02:07 PM
That IS very poorly written, and a bit ambiguous to boot. I wonder if the NFHS will clear up that option as well. It was always a niggly point for one of my cohorts in Detroit.
LaxRef
11-21-2005, 02:11 PM
That IS very poorly written, and a bit ambiguous to boot. I wonder if the NFHS will clear up that option as well. It was always a niggly point for one of my cohorts in Detroit.
Oh, sure, tell me what an idiot I am after the rule gets in print. Where were you guys when I was getting ready to submit stuff?! :whyme:
laxfan25
11-21-2005, 02:24 PM
Isn't it the old expression, "You never want to see sausage or Lacrosse Rule Books being made!" ? I didn't realize it was one of your changes - mea culpa...
pboyd
11-21-2005, 05:34 PM
This will ultimately have to be clarified because we will not start the ball 5 yds from the goal for safety reasons and it will change the entire game of Men's lacrosse. We will start the ball on the endline for a shot and for a TO after the shot so the team is not disadvantaged by a TO as I believe was the intent. This also allows us to restart the ball inside the attack for an out of bounds situation (not a shot) on the endline - no more take it outside the box.
LaxRef
11-21-2005, 05:53 PM
This also allows us to restart the ball inside the attack for an out of bounds situation (not a shot) on the endline - no more take it outside the box.
That's actually always been the intent: you start inside the box if the ball goes OOB on the endline. It's just that a lot of people didn't know that. Anyway, if anyone gives you a hard time, you tell them that the rule is intended to be read:
Exception: On (a timeout OR an out of bounds) on the endline, the ball restarts inside the attack area at the spot where the ball was when play was suspended.
In other words, the only time this comes into play is if the ball or ball carrier becomes out of bounds on the endline OR if there is a timeout on the endline. I'll ask for this to be clarified in an e-mail, but this is definitely what is meant.