[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

For all of you who think that the interfering with that ball after a successful score applies to both teams. The warning was adopted to address the problem of the scoring team iterfering with the ball so as to keep the non-scoring team from making a quick throw-in pass. At no time was it ever considered to be applied to the team who is making the throw-in. It is impossible for the throw-in team to interfer with its own throw-in. If my memory serves me correctly, Dick Knox was on the Rules Committee when the rule was adopted and might have been the Chairman too. I heard Dick Schindler (Rules Editor at the time) speak on this rule change at the IAABO Fall Rules Interpreters Meeting. The entire discussion revolved around the scoring team interfering with the ball after it had scored. This is the second thread that I have addressed concerning this particular rule and the second time that I have relayed the information that Dick Schindler gave to the IAABO Interpreters. It does NOT apply to the scoring team and the non-scoring team CANNOT interfer with its own throw-in. We get ourselves into trouble by trying to apply rules to situations for which they do not apply.