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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
A1 dribbles along the sideline toward his endline. He picks up his dribble at the endline, jumps oob and while in the air passes to A2 who is on the far side of the key. A1 then lands oob. He is not forced out or off-balance or any normal kind of reason for being going oob, going oob to make this pass is a part of the play.
I have heard varying opinions on whether this should be a technical foul for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason (same rule as running oob) or not. Some folks say that the player was technically inbounds when he made the pass, therefore it's legal. Some say that he's using the area oob to make plays in, therefore it's illegal. What do you think?
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The FED wanted to penalize players that went OOB to gain an advantage. In this play, the player gains absolutely
no advantage or is part of any play when he/she is OOB.
How can anbody say that a player is using the OOB area to make a play in when that player wasn't OOB when they actually made the play? That's patently ridiculous.