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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
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Originally posted by mcdanrd
No where in the original post does it indicate that there was a foot in the shoe. Assume for a minute that there was an EMPTY fan's shoe on the court. Now what do you have?
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Got a court with some bizarre unexplained bump in it and no call.
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A1, in the backcourt, passes the ball to A2, who leaps from the frontcourt to catch the ball. In midair, A2's shoe comes off and lands in the backcourt near the divisional line. The ball hits the shoe and bounces to A3 who fouled in the act of shooting a successful 3-point shot.
Let's see how a strict constructionist might adjudicate these circumstances. The shoe, being a non-viable subset of a player, is not where it is, in the backcourt but rather still in the front court, as A1 has not landed at the time the ball strikes the shoe.
The seat-of-the-pants approach is to pretend the shoe NEVER EXISTED for game purposes, toss it to the kid, and mutter, "put this effing thing on and learn to tie it!"