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Old Wed Feb 14, 2007, 10:05am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by Old School
However, the rule also states.

"When a team secures control, that team remains in control until the ball is in flight...., or an opponent has secured control. This has an influenence on rules such as team control fouls, 3-seconds violations, and frontcourt/backcourt. No team (repeat JR), no team has control while the ball is dead, during a throw-in or jump, nor during the period following any of these acts when the ball is slapped away from other players in an attempt to secure control.
Yes, it surely does say that. And just as surely, you don't have a clue what those rules statements are actually telling you. All of that is ONLY relevant when there has been NO team control established yet. It has got absolutely nothing to do with any situation that occurs AFTER team control has been established and BEFORE it is lost. That includes a 3-second call on an interrupted dribble.

Don't try to fake something that you don't know, Old School. This isn't a rec league that you're dealing with here. There's real, live officials on this forum. People that own real, honest-to- goodness rule books too, and actually know what's in them.