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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Maybe they should put up a "foul" pole at each end of the backboard?  |
Actually, this is the key to the argument. I would have had no call in the UCLA game, and here is my reasoning.
I have always felt that the ball passing over the backboard is similar to a field goal/extra point in football. In other words, let's assume there is a pole that extends from the edge of the backboard straight up. For me, to be a violation, I want the entire ball to pass between those uprights.
If the ball cuts the corner, as in this play, the ball has not gone directly over the backboard.