Re: nonsensical rule about pivot and in and out of bounds (warning: math geek post)

Shouldn't that have been "(warning: math idiot post)"?

If you catch the pull and are out of bounds, you put it into play at the
nearest point, of course there is a nearest point.  If you catch the pull
inbounds, you put it into play where you caught it (if you catch the disc
and you are on the field, the closest point on the field is directly below
the disc).  What the heck is your problem?

Or are you trying to say that anytime you pick up the disc you don't know
where to put your pivot point, because "oh dear, they said to put my foot
where the disc lies, but my foot isn't the same size and shape of a disc,
what do I do???"



"Bob Koca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Rule IX A  The entire playing field is in-bounds. The perimeter lines
> are not part of the playing field and are out-of-bounds.
>
> Rule Viii 8  If the pull is caught, the disc is put into play at the
> spot on the playing field closest to where the disc is caught.
>
>
>   The problem is that there is no spot on the playing field closest to
> where
> the disc was caught. Since the lines are not part of the playing field
> the playing field itself is an open set (in the topological sense).
> It would be like trying to find the closest real number to 2 that is
> less than 2. Any proposed answer could be improved.
>
> ,Bob Koca