[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Well, being an argumentive SOB.....

- Rule 6-5-7 sez that throw-in must be made "from any point outside the end line".
- Rule 1-1 sez that the high school playing court has ideal dimensions of 84' in length and 50' in width.
- Rule 1-2-1 sez "the playing court shall be marked with sidelines, end lines and other lines as shown on the appended diagram".
- The "appended diagram" is shown directly before Rule 1. That diagram shows the end lines terminating where they meet the sidelines, and it also shows that the optimum width of an end line is 50 feet.

Shazaam....the end line is 50 feet wide and the rules say you gotta make your throw-in from behind it. Ergo....it should be a violation.

Or should it?

This isn't listed as one of the throw-in violations under rule 9-2.

Good Lord! Edited to add that I just realized that I'm morphing into NevadaReferee.

I've been told that I sometimes have that effect on people. If there isn't already, there definitely needs to be a cure for that. This world can't take two of me.

I too believe that this is a violation. I think that it is perfectly legal for the player to go fetch the ball over there, but that he must then return to within the 50 feet behind the end line and make the throw-in from there prior to the five seconds expiring.

No one is going to allow the player to turn the corner and run up the sideline OOB and make the throw-in from within the coaching box, right?
Therefore, the intent of "outside" the end line must be synonymous with "behind".