Eliminating Fouls in the back half of throws ring
The IAAF has adopted the following rule, and I propose the NCAA adopts the same language. The Note section is the additional language added that is not found in any way in the NCAA Rule Book.
IAAF Rule 187 Section 14 B
It shall be a failure if an athlete in the course of a trial:
(b) after he has stepped into the circle and begun to make a throw,
touches with any part of his body the top (or the top inside
edge) of the rim or the ground outside the circle;
Note: However, it will not be considered a failure if the touch is
made without providing any propulsion and occurs during any
first rotation at a point completely behind the white line which
is drawn outside the circle running, theoretically, through the
centre of the circle.