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Old Mon Mar 12, 2007, 06:46am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Originally posted by cshs81- So is a ball that obviously slips from a shooter's hand is never a try, correct?"

That would be correct. You will have to make a judgment on whether he shot it or it slipped from his hands, but the definition of a fumble is quite clear.

4-21 "A fumble is the accidental loss of player control when the ball unintentionally drops or slips from a player's grasp."
Again, I disagree. That wouldn't be correct. The definition of a fumble is clear, but whether a fumble actually occurred on this play isn't clear. If an official judged that the player shot it(as you said yourself above), then it is a try and you can't have a backcourt violation.

Iow, a ball that obviously slips from a shooter's hand can be ruled a try if the official judged it as a being a try.

Gee, I hate to be all cranky and nit-picky, but methinks you're contradicting yourself now, Nevada.

Btw, your being a typical fanboy when it comes to your favorite team--dear ol' Nevada U.- has got nuthin' to do with nuthin'. I know what you fanboys are like. It's always the officials' fault.

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 06:53am.
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