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Old Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:26pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Stuffed Or Inflated ???

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Originally Posted by scrounge View Post
JV game. I was T, A has a throw-in from their frontcourt endline, girl passes the ball to A2 in the frontcourt, who tips it and the ball goes into the backcourt. A2 then retrieves and I do nothing. All of a sudden, the L from the endline blows the whistle and calls the backcourt violation ... upon conferring I said there was no possession so no violation but L and C were adamant, so we stuck with the call. In the locker room after the game, the varsity officials who were there agreed with them ...
So, in essence, five out of six officials at the site, including all three varsity officials, kicked the call.

Wow! Unbelievable.

I wonder if they would have came up with the same interpretation on a sideline frontcourt throwin?

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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
... unfortunately there are a few officials out there who don't know if the basketball is stuffed or inflated.
Maybe there truly is a need for the such a location statement on my List of Misunderstood Basketball Rules:

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During a throwin, even under a team’s own basket, if the throwin is deflected, tipped, or batted, by an offensive player in the frontcourt to an offensive player in the backcourt; ... these are not backcourt violations.
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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
... the throw-in location is irrelevant to any rulings.
Irrelevant? Yes, but probably needed.
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