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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Awhile back we had a discussion about a player dribbling the ball along the side line, loosing his balance and falls oob. Now we have an interupted dribble. I said he can't come back inbounds and be the 1st to touch. Everyone else on this board said i was banans. Now i read where NF and NCAA want the player called OOB when he touches OOB. This is going to make us distinguish between dribbling and at the last second the player ends his dribble by taping the ball inbounds just before falling oob.
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A player is located on the court where they last touched or where they are currently touching. So that "cannot be the last to touch it" stuff does not fly. You are thinking of a football phrase and that is what I think you are getting confused by. That only applies to football (at least what I am aware of) and does not apply to basketball. Look under the definitions of "Location" and the definition of "dribble." If you have a dribble, a player can never touch the line if they are in the process of dribbling the ball. But if they dribble has ended they can touch the OB line and not have violated anything. You need to understand location and dribble and then it should make more sense.
Peace