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Old Sun Jul 18, 2004, 07:46pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

If another player touched the ball anytime during that fumble though, team control is immediately lost-
Since when did "touching" a loose ball establish team control? Team A can only lose team control if there is a try or tap for goal, if there is a dead ball or if team B gains team control. For team B to gain team control, one of B's players would have to establish player control. That means a team B player would have to be dribbling or holding a live ball inbounds.

I guess you could rule that, if following the touch by B1, the ball hit the floor, it was a dribble by B1. However, whether you can or cannot continue a dribble is determined by player, not team, control.
Right. Same A team control throughout. A1 had two separate player controls because of the touching by another player during the fumble.
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