Thread: Backcourt redux
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Old Tue Jan 25, 2005, 04:12pm
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Maverick
I'll have to disagree. As I referenced in an earlier post, Rule 9-9-1 states very clearly that a player shall not

"Be the first to touch a ball after it has been in team control in the frontcourt"

Very clearly, there is a difference between team control in the frontcourt and backcourt.
And you're still missing the key point in the rule and this discussion. A B player was the last player to touch the ball in the front court- as per rule 4-4-2 and rule 4-4-4. That's all she wrote right there, folks. There is no rule in the book that I know of that now states that it's a violation of any kind if an A player is now the next player to touch the ball in the backcourt- which is where R4-4-1 and R4-4-4 say that the A player is when he touches it. If anyone can find a violation cited in the rule book, please post it.
The MHSAA interpreter concurs with JR.
mick
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