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Old Fri Mar 17, 2006, 11:37am
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Originally posted by missinglink
"4-25: .. opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness." Because the rules specify hands (plural), there can be no held ball when one or both opponents have a single hand firmly on the ball
If each player has one hand on the ball, don't they have their hands on it? I don't think the "hands" applies to each opponent. JMO.

But the practical side of the matter is that if you only have one hand on it, it can probably be stolen without undue force.
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