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Rule 1 · Court and Equipment

9 case entries

Case 1.3.1 Situation

Center restraining circle

1.3.1 SITUATION: Team A's court has a center restraining circle that (a) is a solid color different than the natural color of the court; (b) has a 2-inch-wide shadow-bordered line; (c) has a ¼-inch wide solid line.

RULING: Legal in (a), (b) and (c).

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Case 1.3.2 Situation

Shadow line

1.3.2 SITUATION: A team mascot logo is painted in the center restraining circle. The host school used multi-colored paint for the continuous lines over the team mascot logo in the center restraining circle.

RULING: The area within these lines need not be of one color, but the continuous line must be clearly visible.

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