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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
You are kidding ,aren't you?
Article 5 is the only rule that an official could use to call a violation in this case? Um, how about 9-2-6- "The thrower shall not touch the ball in the court before it touches or is touched by another player". Isn't the ball "in the court" when it touches the floor in-bounds? Seems like R4-4-1 says it is- A ball which is in contact...with the court is in the backcourt if...the ball...is touching thre backcourt". Isn't the thrower "touching" the ball at that instant? Isn't the thrower the first to touch the ball after it touched in-bounds? Maybe you can find 2000 words to tell us why that rule can't possibly apply either.
Yer a hoot, Nevada! LOL. 
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JR,
I did glance at 9-2-6, but discounted it because it quite clearly is intended to only apply AFTER the ball is released on a throw-in pass. In this case, the ball has not been thrown.
I don't believe that 4-4-1 is applicable either, but you may have a strong case here.
I hold my opinion because the player is still touching OOB, so the ball is still OOB since it hasn't been released by the thrower.
Perhaps you could help me out by telling me if this is a backcourt violation:
A player standing in the backcourt and bends over the division line and touches the ball to the court in the frontcourt. The ball remains in the player's hands who keeps his feet in the backcourt the whole time. The player then stands back up.
Furthermore, if the thrower can hold the ball over the boundary plane in the air without violating, I don't see why it should be a violation to lower it to the floor. There is certainly no advantage in that. I just keep my 5 second count going.
Perhaps I am being too legalistic in my reading of the rules, but those are my opinions.
PS I think that is fewer than 2000 words.
[Edited by Nevadaref on Nov 22nd, 2004 at 07:30 AM]