Under the Tape is IN – Interpretation of rule

April 2, 2019 at 3:05 pm #1651

Hi,
I am part of the ones that think this new “clarification” is nothing but very complicate.
the line is out is a clear statement, indoor, grass and sand Wise.
For practical purpose already stated above, the sand line being moved is the actual line (giving the moves are accidental). Another simple clear rule.
I would say those simple two rules cover all cases of scenario without the strange intricacies of actual wording:
1) Touching the line is out (whatever side of the line: from above, from Under, from any side)
2) if you are not touching the line, then it goes bach to the old grass rule: whatever touches the groud first count. Either your foot slided from Inside, then your ankle or your leg should be a very good marker of the impact point (if you slided and touch the line, see #1 – it might cause a discussion about when it touches the line vs when does the catch occurs, but no rule would ever dismiss thoses (rare) cases), and you are in. Either it slided from outside, and it is an obvious out.

In any case, I can’t see when an exception inside an exception is good ruling (The line is out BUT under the out-line is in BUT under the out-field is out). And that is a french native speaker speaking 🙂