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Old Thu Aug 12, 2021, 05:32pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Peer Review ...

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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
What you did here was not an educated guess, it was an opinion.
A thoroughly researched, educated, logical, and rational opinion, with a few rule citations, and an interpretation citation, and like science, open to peer review (as is everything here on the Forum), with more agreement than disagreement.

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
The three-points rule states that the ball must touch the court, not a player, in the frontcourt in order to gain frontcourt status.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
I believe this is a legal play. The ball was being dribbled from the backcourt and to obtain frontcourt status the ball itself must touch the floor in the frontcourt (along with the feet). The ball never bounced on the floor, thus, the ball was never in the frontcourt. As such, there can't be a backcourt violation.
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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
Based on how the rules are written in regards to three points in the front court and a dribble ending, the argument can be made it is not a violation.
Let's see some research and citations from JRutledge, and maybe a few agreements with him from Forum members.
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