Originally Posted by Anonymous
I think the freeze rule is on the rules committee agenda this year, what I heard is they will make it legal to move on the whistle, at least in college. If I may adress what Quick and Rappaport said last week on MSG, the obstru tion rule is not obsolete, it is in effect as a saftey mesure being that girls don't wear helmets or pads, and I don't think anyone in NY, or Md wants that. Whatis obsolete is the stopp8ng of a goal because of it. Why do they penalize the offense for a defensive foul? It should become a hanging flag, 8 meter shot if the shooter misses. Likewise, for them to say the 8 meter is ridiculous is an uninformed comment, how many fantastic saves have we parents seen on the 8 meter


The obstruction rule needs help because once the shooter takes the shot with a girl in shooting space, it is an illegal shot, a foul. Many refs put the shooter on the line for a free position, it should be a jump ball, not a new chance for the offense. And if the defender is in good defensive position and the shot is taken, it should be an offensive turnover. Free space to take a shot is there to protect the girls from getting beaned in the head with a 90mph shot. Any shot taken with a defender in shooting space ( legally or illegally) is a foul/penalty.