OT : Lines
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I was sitting with a friend watching the Indians play Cinci the other night. Kipnis put down a perfect bunt that stopped on the foul line. This brought up the topic about whether the line was in or out and it spread to thinking about the rules about all the other lines on all the other fields for all the sports that are played by the NCAA and in the Olympics. So I started a table trying to think about this and realized that there were lots of sports where I had no idea whether the line was in or out, even those I have played a lot like golf and soccer.
I believe the ball has to be completely outside the line in soccer to be out or completely in the goal to be scored. Golf has boundary stakes and hazard lines. If you ball is on the line is it in or out? In rifle if your shot is on the line of a bulls-eye, is it a bulls-eye or does it have to be all inside the circle of the bulls-eye? In track, are you out of your lane if you step on the other guy’s line or only if you step over that line completely? For some of these sports the answers may be more complex I suspect.
It would take quite a bit of individual effort to look up all the answers for all of these sports. Here is the table so far based on my pathetic knowledge of obscure sports. I am hoping that crowd sourcing on Mgoblog for the answers would save me from looking up all those rules although I fear this post could just (deservedly) turn into flame bait for comments on my laziness. Where is THE KNOWLEDGE when I need him (her? it?) Chart…..
Yes..
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NCAA Sport |
Lines are… |
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Baseball |
in |
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Football |
out |
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Basketball |
out |
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Hockey |
in |
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Tennis |
in |
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Golf |
?? |
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Soccer |
in |
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Track |
?? |
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Lacrosse |
?? |
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Swimming |
in |
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Field Hockey |
in |
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Volleyball |
in |
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Racquet ball |
in |
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Squash |
?? |
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Wrestling |
in |
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Gymnastics |
out |
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Water polo |
? |
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Skiing |
? |
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Rifle |
? |
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Cross Country |
? |
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Bowling |
out |
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Other Olympic sports |
lines are … |
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badminton |
?? |
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team handball |
?? |
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speed skating |
?? |
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archery |
?? |
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track cycling |
?? |
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fencing |
?? |
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judo |
?? |
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rowing |
?? |
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table tennis |
?? |
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curling |
?? |
Table Tennis -- line is in.
Rowing -- it's a finish line. Bow ball gets to the imaginary line - race done.
This is a random post.
I believe that, in volleyball, the lines are considered part of the court, so I would think "in" for volleyball.
Line is in in v-ball.
I am sure that, if the shuttle lands on the line in badminton, it's "in". I remember challenging this one time in a supposedly friendly match and losing the argument per the official IBF rules.
Those are some rather large lines - rookie!
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/ For your health
That's not correct for hockey. On the line can be both in and out, depending on which line. The easiest example would be that if the puck is on the goal line it's out, but if it's on the blue line it's in. It's not correct for football, either. On the sideline is out, but on the goaline is in.
Schrodinger's line?
One could argue about the goal line in football being in, I'd consider it out, granted that out in that case means a TD, but you cannot snap the ball at the line so I guess is another kind of out
I believe the blue lines themselves are both in and out:
to gain the zone, the puck must completely cross the line (so, line is out), but once possesion occurs then the line becomes part of the zone (so in).
I believe for track that the line is in.
in running events and launch spot for jumps. However, the rule on touching or crossing lanes varies a great deal (see post below).
4-square: Inside line is out, and outside line is in.
I've debated this before!
Lacrosse: out of bounds lines are out, similar to football. Similar to hockey, the ball has to completely cross the line to score.
Golf out of bounds lines are considered out of bounds
3 consecutive strides on the line and you are considered DQ'd.
-e.g. If your right foot hits the outside lane line 3 times in a row you are disqualified. If the foot strikes twice, followed by a few strides in the lane, then the foot hits the line again for a stride or two, this is perfectly legal.
I was a track guy and should be confident with this answer, so I hope I'm not wrong about all of this!
answer:
That is turrible!...Good paragraph(s) of rabble, rabble and no answer found from within.
The line is out.
Sincerely,
~Johan Santana
In gymnastics the line is technically in; you have to step over it to receive a deduction.
The MGoCreative team needs to come up with a meme or song screaming, "It's the offseason!" Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with folks posting random stuff on the board. It really doesn't bother me like it does others. It just slams home the point that it's the offseason like nothing else, and football season needs to arrive soon.