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A referee called a violation on one of my players because he batted down a pass, stepped out of bounds (he was not touching the ball when he was out of bounds), got both feet back in and then grabbed the ball. The ref said "you can't be the first one to touch the ball when you come back inbounds from saving it"
I checked the NCAA rules and Rule 7, a.r. 1 seems to exactly describe this situation, and it says it is legal.
Was this ref wrong by NCAA rules? Also, in talking with other coaches, they seemed to agree with the ref that you cannot be the first one to touch the ball after you go out of bounds. Is this a commonly mistaken rule? Also, are there any rules other than NCAA that have that it is not legal to be the first one to touch the ball after battign it down adn goign out of bounds?
thanks
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