[Ghostofjoey]

I'm glad I've heard some of the things that have been said. Because it is the same rhetoric that refs have been telling me throughout the years. One thing I want to point out is the NFHS rule on cut blocking in the free blocking zone is written correctly. As I've previously posted the rule says the free blocking zone (fbz) only exists when the ball is in the fbz. Once the ball leaves the zone DISINTEGRATES. That is the rule. The rhetoric I hear is "if the cut is immediate" or "if it is the initial motion" then it is legal. There is nothing in the rule book that says that intrepetation. That is the state rules officials making a black and white area very gray. When the center snaps the ball, it takes approximate .2 of a second to travel 3 yards. That is a generous estimate. A cut block is a contact foul. Meaning that it is not a foul until you make contact. Just like if you attempt to cut someone on kickoff and miss, that's not a penalty. Or you attempt to block someone in the back on a punt return and miss, that's not a penalty. Therefore a cut block, is not an illegal cut block until you make contact. So the "immediate" or "initial" contact that so many have erroneusly interpreted CANNOT in any way humanly possible occur until the ball has left the fbz. The rule interpreters need to get this clarified because it is a competitive advantage to be able to cut out of gun and that is the purpose of penalties. To keep the game fair. The easiest way, and the way the NFHS rule should be interpreted, is that if you are in gun you can't cut.