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Originally posted by RookieDude
A1 leaves the ground to shoot or pass the ball. In midair, A1 decides to pass the ball to A2. B1 has legal guarding position in the path of A1. A1 passes the ball and then crashes into B1.
I told my fellow official that A1 would have commited a player control foul.
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Nope, completely wrong.
Rule 4-19-6 --
"A player control foul is a common foul committed by a player while he/she is in control of the ball or by an airborne shooter".
Quite simply, A1 didn't shoot; he passed the ball. It doesn't matter whether he was in the air or not when he passed.If the ball has left A1's hands before the contact was made ,it's not a player control foul.Do you see "pass" covered anywhere in the definition of a try(R4-40-1)? Not likely! Casebook play 4.19.6SitB covers the play exactly.
If the FED had wanted to cover airborne passers under player-control fouls, they would have done so. If the same play had occured in the backcourt, and an airborne passer ran into a defensive player after they passed the ball, would you call a PC foul too, using the same reasoning?
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 24th, 2003 at 07:01 AM]