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Originally Posted by LRZ
Here's a nitpicking question for you, BillyMac: At the moment you grab a long rebound at midcourt, are you on offense or defense? Neither?
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Another good point. There definitely is no team control. So how do statisticians and announcers (which have nothing to do with our job on the court) distinguish between offensive and defensive rebounds? Maybe (again not our issue) they lean on this:
4-4-3: A ball which is in flight retains the same location as when it was last in contact with a player or the court.
When we can't identify the defense, then we can't use, by rule, the defense exception.
But maybe we can interpret by purpose and intent?
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Originally Posted by LRZ
... we have to apply the rules consistent with their intent ...
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Agree, as long as one notes that the interpretation is based on purpose and intent and not on the actual written rule.
It would be nice to have a caseplay, or an annual interpretation on this.
Check that, just a caseplay, many annual interpretations don't make their way into the rulebook or casebook and we all know the myriad of problems that causes.