Tue Feb 17, 2004, 02:15pm
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This is a case of The Right To Land
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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by Grant
Thanks Mic but here is the problem it is the defensive player not in a legal guarding position that caused the travel. If the defender had stuck out his knee and caused it you would call a foul wouldn't you
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Yes, I would call the knee.
I would also call the case you noted as BR-73,R4-33, where a defender was attempting to guard.
However, in your original post, the player on the floor, who has some protection from the rules of verticality was merely on the floor making no attempt to guard. (He was just trying to not get stepped upon.) If the rebounder lands on the player on the floor incidentally, then perhaps the contact should be ruled incidental.
Now if the rebounding player grabbed the ball and landed with his foot aiming (judgement) for the player on the floor, and then travels, we won't be calling a travel, but we could well have a foul.
mick
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the validity of which I (in my best legal judgment) established as being inplied in the rules. What matters is when did the player on the floor get to the spot. A player in the air has the right to come down on any spot on the floor that was unoccupied at the time s/he took off. (NFHS rules)
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