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Old Thu Nov 04, 2021, 01:43pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Possession And Control ...

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When they first invented the alternating possession arrow, the rule used to be (paraphrased), "Lose the ball. Lose the arrow"
On a play where the jumper illegally catches the ball, the rationale was it's a possession (an illegal possession) and control, and thus non-violating team should get the ball for the violation and non-violating team get the arrow because the violating team had control first.

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”

I can't remember how other jump ball violations were handled.

How about a little help Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.? Make yourself useful.
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