My DD has been catching for a couple of years, mostly because she gets bored playing other positions . She just started 14U. I have noticed that she and all catcher's I've seen wait for a right handed batter/runner to clear the catcher's path to a bunt before proceding to field the ball. This is especially relevant if the bunt is about 6' down the 1st base line, and there is a potential force play at 2nd or 3rd wherein a catcher's undelayed fielding could result in a force out.
That got me to thinking... doesn't the Catcher have the right to a clear path to the ball without waiting a half or full second for the batter-runner to clear the area?
Since I have NEVER (rec, travel, Gold, college, NPF, Olympics) seen the catcher fail to wait for batter/runner to clear, I assume there is a rule or point of emphasis somewhere that prohibits the catcher beating the batter/runner to the spot where the batter/runner's path to 1st base, and the Catcher's path to field the ball, cross -- resulting in a collision.