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Old Thu May 18, 2017, 10:53am
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Originally Posted by Altor View Post
What BillyMac was describing was an interpretation of the rule you cite. Say the inbounder threw the ball across the court (we aren't talking about a defender on the same sideline or endline as the throw-in spot) and the defense touched the ball while OOB. The ruling was this was a throw-in violation for not throwing the ball directly into play and was not an OOB violation on the defense.
Yes, that was the an "interpretation" of the rule for 1-2 years.....a very bad interpretation too.
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