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Originally Posted by CJP
Where does it say that you HAVE to establish player control to establish team control? This make a descent argument against that.
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It is a fundamental concept of the rules.
Here, for one:
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ART. 5 . . . Team control does not exist during a jump ball or the touching of a rebound, but is reestablished when a player secures control.
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Here is another, form the fundamentals at the front and in Rule 4:
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While the ball remains live, a loose ball always remains in control of the team whose player last had control, unless it is a try or tap for goal.
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That pretty much says that it stays with the prior team until the new team establishes player control. It wouldn't be any different from a situation with no team control.