Thu Aug 18, 2005, 05:41pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hell
Posts: 20,211
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by BillyMac
MOST MISUNDERSTOOD BASKETBALL RULES
13) The inbounding player does not have a plane restriction, but has five seconds to release the ball and it must come directly onto the court.
14) If a player's momentum carries him or her off the court, he or she can be the first player to touch the ball after returning inbounds. That player must reenter at approximately the same spot he or she went out.
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(13) Can the inbounding player legally step in bounds through the plane then?
(14) Rules citation, please, to back that statement up.
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#13...disagree...plane restriction...thrower may lean/reach through the plane. It's not talking about touching.
#14...(semantics)...if the player doesn't return inbound somewhere near where they went out, that implies they didn't immediately/directly return....they ran along the baseline/sideline when they could have returned.
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I see you point on #13, Camron. Re: #14-- If a player went OOB almost parallel to a line, then the rule just states that they then can't delay returning back in-bounds. If their momentum took them several yards along the line, they aren't required to re-trace their steps to approximately the same spot where they went OOB. They simply just come back in where they end up. If they hadda re-traced their steps, then they woulda been delaying their return in-bounds. That was my point. The statement "that player must re-enter at approximately the same spot he or she went out" is stating a requirement that isn't a part of the rule.
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Agree...they don't have to retrace their steps. Howver, once they gain control of their motion, the need to head back in, not take another 5 steps parallel to the OOB line then turn back in. That's what I meant by "semantics": approximately/near is open to interpretation enough to account for that. Unless they have the speed of an olympic sprinter combined with the weight of a sumo wrestler, most anyone can come to a full stop, or at least turn back towards the court, in 2-4 yards.
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We agree on the application- fer sure. The problem with the semantics used though was that it could be interpreted different ways imo. That includes the wrong way. It would be much easier just to use the wording of the actual rule and just say something like "must immediately return in bounds" instead of trying to say they have to re-enter at any specific spot. That takes away any doubt about the original purpose and intent of the rule.
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