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Originally Posted by BillyMac
No, I was reacting to your statement, "... you call something ... 4 spots in almost every case". That's not always true (i.e., out of bounds).
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But what does the rule say? The rule says that it goes to the 4 spots in the FC or BC unless the ball goes out of bounds, in which it is at the spot the ball was ruled out of bounds. Where is the confusion? Again this is my point, you took a basic statement and assumed that there were not out of bounds portion to the rule that I was speaking. That is just being obtuse on your part, honestly.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Every time we "call something" (blow the whistle), we now have more additional choices of what happens next.
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Unless you have called a technical foul, what are all these options?
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
In almost all cases in the past (with a few exceptions) "next" was to shoot free throws, or to go to the closest spot (based on an imaginary trapezoid), a mostly binary decision choice.
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You do not see the the 3 point line being a much easier choice to know where to put the ball in play or to put the throw-in?
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Now (with a few exceptions) it's shoot free throws, closest spot (based on the three point arc), or go to one of the eight appropriate "designated" spots, now ternary decision choices.
An added layer of decision making that can be even tougher is if we have some "weird" plays, that should, or shouldn't, go to one of the eight appropriate "designated" spots.
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What is the added layer? And I do not have games where there are a bunch of weird decisions on fouls, violations, and out-of-bounds violations. Again, unless you call a technical foul, everything fits easily into an easy decision. The only issue is that the wording changed on the "original spot," where if you have a throw-in violation of not touching the ball on the court, that is about the only situation I can come up with that is really a hole. Every other situation, like a timeout or stoppage of play is pretty simple.
Peace