Thread: Fumble Recovery
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Old Wed Dec 27, 2017, 10:46pm
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Originally Posted by Stillblind View Post
A1 ends his dribble and jumps to shoot. Ball slips (fumble) from his hand and he regains it prior to returning to the floor. Is this legal?
NCAA = legal according to a recent A.R.
NFHS = not legal per a rather old interpretation ruling (20+ years ago). Most people seem to permit this based upon the temporary loss of player control. The issue is that that principle conflicts with the rule stating that a player who jumps with the ball must pass or try for goal before returning to the floor. We had a rather lengthy discussion on this play a few years ago and either Bob or JR produced the old NFHS ruling calling this traveling.
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