Cgkdisc
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In watching the OTB yesterday, it looked like Drew may have had his back foot still touching the OB line (hole 18) as he released his throw. No one called it, and I suspect, would likely do so. From a practical standpoint, is there a reason we should not allow a player to have one to all supporting points in contact within OB or the line if they choose to do so? I'm not sure there's any advantage, especially since they likely took a penalty already. Seems like it's more of a "gotcha" type penalty that has little bearing on the game.
We now have the Hazard rule where we're allowed to throw from a penalty area even though it's technically considered inbounds so you can legally take a stance in it. A disc landing on the Hazard boundary line creates the odd situation where the mark means the player may need to take a stance where one foot is in the hazard and the foot on the lie is not in the hazard. For that matter, if the hazard is considered an IB area, are you allowed to mark in the hazard even though you landed on or near the hazard line?
I can still see a reason for the disc landing near to or being moved from OB to be marked inbounds so that part of one supporting point would still have to be IB upon releasing the throw. But with the weirdness of marking and playing hazard lies near their boundaries as noted above, maybe some of those options should be allowed for OB stances.
We now have the Hazard rule where we're allowed to throw from a penalty area even though it's technically considered inbounds so you can legally take a stance in it. A disc landing on the Hazard boundary line creates the odd situation where the mark means the player may need to take a stance where one foot is in the hazard and the foot on the lie is not in the hazard. For that matter, if the hazard is considered an IB area, are you allowed to mark in the hazard even though you landed on or near the hazard line?
I can still see a reason for the disc landing near to or being moved from OB to be marked inbounds so that part of one supporting point would still have to be IB upon releasing the throw. But with the weirdness of marking and playing hazard lies near their boundaries as noted above, maybe some of those options should be allowed for OB stances.