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Originally Posted by Brad
I guess you are firmly in the "I don't know" camp then, so I'm not sure why you are arguing with me. "Passing over" does not equal "10% of the ball was over the very edge of the backboard".
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Finally, something we can both agree upon, other than the correct call, which we have agreed upon all along, the question regarding how much of the ball must pass over the top of the backboard. I did mention this in one of my posts:
"Another part of the equation could be "it". How much of the ball needs to go over the backboard? I believe that in soccer a rolling ball must be completely over the boundary line to be considered out of bounds. In this play, how much of the ball went over the backboard, just the edge of the ball, 50% of the ball's diameter, more than 50% of the ball's diameter, or the whole ball. I believe that that's the key to this situation being called correctly, or incorrectly, and, at this point, I have nothing to offer regarding the definition of the ball in this situation. I believe that the definition of the ball, if it can be defined in this situation, is the most difficult part of this situation to interpret."
But you didn't take a bite at it, not even a nibble, until now.
So now the question remains: How much of the ball must go over the top of the backboard to be considered to be passing over the top of the backboard? I don't know, and again, if I'm not sure of something, I'm not calling it a violation. Play on.
If this happens in one of my high school games, I hope that I'm the lead, looking at the rebounders in the paint, not the trail, looking at the flight of the ball.
Finally, and I think we can both agree on this, tough call, in either live action, or on the replay.