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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann
Looks like they are still with in the 15 inches though it may be close. Problem with G18 is that is almost impossible to enforce unless its quite obvious that the 15 inches has been exceeded.
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My recollection from ref certification training (which I completed this year) is that refs are to use their best judgement based on what they can see without entering the field. You can see the ref in the picture, doing just that. Keeping in mind that the configuration I linked only existed for a second or less, and that the final configuration is clearly a legal scale, I think that ref made the right call. No G18.
However, I would expect refs to get better at seeing momentary configurations as the season progresses, so HOT's programmers are smart to have already implemented a fix that eliminates the issue.
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