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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by M&M Guy
From the NFHS website:
LEAVING COURT FOR UNAUTHORIZED REASON CHANGED TO VIOLATION (9-3-2): The rule for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason has been changed from a technical foul to a violation. Leaving the court during the course of play has been increasing with the former penalty of a technical foul not being assessed. Typically, this play is seen when an offensive player goes around a low screen, runs outside the end line and returns on the other side of the court free of their defender. The violation will be called as soon as the player leaves the court. The committee hopes that changing the penalty will increase the likelihood of the infraction being called and eliminate this tremendous advantage.
According to the NF, leaving the court to get around a screen to free up from a defender is an unauthorized reason to leave the court. It doesn't say anything about "except during a throw-in after a basket". Now, if the player, while he's OOB, turns and looks at their teammate as if they might be expecting a pass, then that is certainly allowed under the throw-in provisions. So it seems as though we need to judge intent somehow. If the intent is to be a part of the throw-in, then no violation. If the intent is to solely evade a defender around the screen, then it seems to be a violation.
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That's the key word right there-- "unauthorized"
Teammates of a thrower are authorized and can legally be OOB during a non-spot throw-in, as per the rules I cited. Those rules are still in the book and haven't changed.
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1. I don't see anything in this about it this violation call being applied to the defense or offense. What's to stop a defensive player from stepping out of bounds to get a stoppage in play? (think of the implications of this... Fast break and devensive player steps OOB on the sideline in front of the ref to get the violation call - negating the fast break. (now I know that as a referee I'd have to be stupid to call it, but according to the rule...)
2. (To clarify) Is the ball inbounded from the location of the infraction, or the closest oob spot of the ball?