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From: "HUGHES, Chris" <CHughes@chelt.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: RULE QUESTION - bored yet? 
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> >I reckon that some of the more agressive teams might even have tried
> >stalling Wigsy whilst he was out of bounds (I've been stalled by a
> >marker whilst still in a post-layout slide!), 
> 
> I think that was probably me.
> 
CH] if he was inbounds - screw him, serves him right for lying down on the
job. If he was out of bounds - harsh. But then I've seen Dave Barnard stall
Si Weeks (his best mate) whilst Si was out of bounds, and pinned down since
Dave had laid out on top of him.

> >and wonder whether even the Greatest is technically allowable...
> >- OK, it's a throw before the third ground contact...
> >- BUT, the Greatest thrower is technically a receiver, until the in/out
> >bounds status (and thus completeness of the pass) is determined by the
> >points of contact immediately before and after the catch...
> >- except that the receiver no longer has the disc when landing OB...
> >
> >Then again, the Greatest is a thing of beauty and is deserving of
> >respect, and the Comment at the beginning of The Rules suggests that
> >such respect should merit allowance.
> 
> I thought it was generally accepted that the Greatest Play is an exception
> to
> the rules. Incidentally, the last completed Greatest I saw was by Si Moore
> to Si
> Weeks for a score against Germany in Minnesota last year, which is
> certainly
> deserving of respect.
> 
> love rob
> chevron action flash
>