Right. If you're arguing this is a good call, you should instruct every single fielder who may be about to receive the ball to jump into the path of runners because there is no such thing as obstruction in those cases anymore. The rules, as being interpreted by some here, literally make obstruction an impossible call if there's contact above the waist (and there is almost always contact above the waist on obstruction).
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Right. If you're arguing this is a good call, you should instruct every single fielder who may be about to receive the ball to jump into the path of runners because there is no such thing as obstruction in those cases anymore. The rules, as being interpreted by some here, literally make obstruction an impossible call if there's contact above the waist (and there is almost always contact above the waist on obstruction).
Last year there was a play to finish an LSU and Auburn game, during the SEC's opening series. The play was almost the exact same as the OP, with the exception of the ball was not dislodged (I can not find a good video of the play). The timing of the catch to the collision and everything was virtually identical. On the field the umpires called obstruction and awarded the run ending the game 3-2 in LSU's favor. NCAA umpire leadership release case ruling on that play stating the runner should have been ruled out by rule 12.13.1.3, which is what I quoted. So my interpretation is following that of the Coordinator and Rules Secretary for NCAA.
As many people have stated before NCAA, as come so far away from any most other alphabets. Under NCAA rules, I have dead ball-out. Under other alphabets (Fed, USA, etc.) I have obstruction all they way. This appeared to be a NCAA game and post #3 reference the NCAA rule. My quotes to that were in response to the question about a collision overruling obstruction, which it does, as collisions can be an act of interference. NCAA rules committee interrupted the above waist collision to be an act to dislodge the ball, which is interference.
So yes under the rule set the game was played under, interference by collision above the waist, a violation of rule 12.13.1.3, which the penalty is dead ball - out.
As many people have stated before NCAA, as come so far away from any most other alphabets. Under NCAA rules, I have dead ball-out. Under other alphabets (Fed, USA, etc.) I have obstruction all they way. This appeared to be a NCAA game and post #3 reference the NCAA rule. My quotes to that were in response to the question about a collision overruling obstruction, which it does, as collisions can be an act of interference. NCAA rules committee interrupted the above waist collision to be an act to dislodge the ball, which is interference.
So yes under the rule set the game was played under, interference by collision above the waist, a violation of rule 12.13.1.3, which the penalty is dead ball - out.
