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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
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Citations from 9-2-11. . . The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass.
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But notice that it doesn't say he can touch the BALL. It just says that he can break the plane after the ball is released; maybe b/c his momentum carries him over the line.
Nowhere does it say that a defensive player may ever touch a throw-in before the ball is over the playing surface. And it specifically does say that a defensive player may not touch the ball while it's OOB.
Additionally, it's a throw-in violation for the a teammate of the thrower to reach across the OOB boundary and catch the throw-in pass 9.2.2B). So why would it be legal for the defensive team to do this?
Chuck