On Jan 22, 10:00, Moller, Edward N. wrote:
>It has always been my understanding, as well as those throughout Walter
>Brown Arena Friday night, that bloodshed constitutes a five-minute major.
>Am I correct in this understanding?  When you consider the gravity the
NCAA
>places on checking from behind, this call seems very curious to me.

While it is common practice for an official to call a major, or upgrade a
previously-called minor to a major, upon seeing evidence of bloodshed,
there doesn't appear to be anything in the rule book that states an
official *must* or *should* do so.

BTW, the 2001 rulebook is online at www.nihoa.com/rulebook .

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