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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Forget about all the other gobbleygook people try to to use to tell you how to call it.
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What the heck is "gobbleydegook" about the description that was initially given? The palm is face-up, and is in contact with the ball as the ball moves horizontally. That's an obvious palming violation. Hardly gobbleydegook, in my gobbleybook.
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Sorry, I spelt it wrong originally.
"Gobbledygook- "gob-ble-dy-gook"-
unclear wordy jargon.
Where does it say the palm was face up? The description was some gobbledygook about the hand being south of the equator? Personally, I don't have a clue what that means. The equator runs sideways, doesn't it? Not up and down? Doesn't it maybe mean that the hand is below the waist also? Can't the palm be also face-up and in contact with the ball moving horizontally when the dribbler taps or tips the ball sideways?
With the hands and quickness some of these players have nowadays, you really think that's an automatic violation? Naw, I can't agree with that at all. Just go by the rule book definition and forget all the gobbledygook. What could be easier and simpler than "the ball coming to rest in the dribblers hand(s)"?
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 24th, 2005 at 06:14 PM]