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Originally posted by ChuckElias
1) There is a specific prohibition against the defense touching the ball while the thrower has it OOB. There is also a rule that specifically says the prohibition against breaking the OOB plane has ended once the ball is released. But nowhere is there anything that says the prohibition on touching the ball OOB has ended. So I think that the defense is still not allowed to touch the ball OOB, even if it's been released.
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By my reading, 9-2-11 only applies "until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass." Therefore, the penalties and warnings that say Article 11 only only apply before the ball has been released.
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2) It is a violation for the offense to reach through the OOB plane and touch or catch the ball, even after it's been released on the throw-in (case 9.2.2B). So why would it be legal for the defense to do this, if it's illegal for the offense to do it? That would not seem to make sense.
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Might not make sense, but that's the rule. 10.3.12B indicates a technical charged to B2, but only because the ball was not released onto the court. There is no rule which states it is illegal for any member of team B to have a hand past the boundary after the ball is released.