Intentional grounding rule changed

... Oklahoma high school quarterbacks will have some extra protection when they find themselves under duress this fall thanks to a change in the intentional grounding rule recently approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ football rules committee. The rule change now permits players purposely to throw an incomplete pass without receiving an intentional grounding penalty if the passer is outside “the pocket” (a lateral boundary of the free blocking zone) and the pass reaches the neutral zone or the extension of the neutral zone beyond the sideline ...