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Re: Removing FP motor outside sleeve legal?

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
I can think of two occasions where a GDC ruling underwent a lot of tweaking or a reversal, Dave. "In" the loading zone in 2005 (can't remember if touching was originally a requirement, but it sure became one by the end of build) is one. The other was in 2002 with tape measures. Admittedly I wasn't around that year, so I don't know all of what went on, but from what I have heard from those who were around, it was "No tape measures to contact the home zone" and then became "You can use tape measures to contact the home zone".
2005 was a long time ago, but I don't recall anything near a reversal. IIRC, it came down in the final week (through a Q&A, I think) that you had to be touching the triangle. Again going off memory, but whatever the original condition wasn't defined and we just assumed that being over it was good enough. In my humble opinion, that's hardly "reversing itself on many occasions."
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