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Originally Posted by Raymond
NFHS: 2 players on the ground and then all of a sudden the ball spurts free towards the division line and I don't know who touched it last ... If the ball heads towards the division line do I kill the play after PC and ask for help?
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My high school game, if as the trail, I don't know who touched it last, I'm not making a backcourt violation call. I try to only make calls that I'm sure about.
The out of bounds is different. I will sound my whistle to stop the clock, and not make a direction call. If my partner can't help me, then there is a rule that allows me to go the alternating possession arrow. There is no such rule for a unsure backcourt call, and only a backcourt call will stop the clock.
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Originally Posted by Raymond
At the college level I don't have to worry about who touched it last.
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My post was not to reject, or defend, the NCAA backcourt rule, it was just my guess as to why some Forum members may feel that there is some subjective aspect to the rule.
So I'm guessing about something that I don't know anything about.
Take my opinion, and $1.69, and that will get you a large cup of black coffee at McDonald's.