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Originally posted by johnny1784
Section 3 and 9 did apply to your case. A dribbler leaving the court during the dribble has been a violation all along.
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Leaving the court for an unauthorized reason has not always been a violation all along.
Rule 9-9 does not apply to my example.
Rule 9-3 did not apply to my example years ago, as responded previously.
It applies today as a violation but was a technical last year.
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Repeating the same error again does not make it true. A dribbler (or any player in control of the ball) stepping OOB is not leaving the court for and unauthorized reason and any rule change related to leaving the court is not relevant to this situation. If a dribbler stepped OOB for any reason in the past, it was an immediate violation of 9-3 for causing the ball to go OOB. It was NEVER a technical foul. It's been that way for a very long time. (A clarification was added some years back for those that didn't understand it.) Perhaps a few decades ago it was not a violation but not in modern history.