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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3284083, member: 9052"] They changed the rule to the defending player shepherding the ball because of those instances... I believe it was an Anthony Minichiello special to shepherd the ball over the dead ball line back in the day. I believe there were occasions where players would bat it back into someone who had nothing to do with the play and the call would go against them... it was similar with kicks going over the sideline where it was changed to a defender having to have played at the ball for it to go against them, but prior to that it was whoever touched it last before going dead was against them. To me that would mean the player either has to play at the ball over the dead ball line or it touches them when they're trying to shepherd it over the dead ball line... given Rapana was on his back over the dead ball line when the ball touches him I would suggest he is doing neither. [/QUOTE]

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