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Old Tue Aug 05, 2008, 10:51am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
This ruling is nonsense and cannot be supported by rule.

The rule clearly says, "A player shall not be the first to touch a ball after it has been in team control in the frontcourt, if he/she or a teammate last touched or was touched by the ball in the frontcourt before it went to the backcourt. "

The ball was last touched in the frontcourt by B, meaning that it was NOT last touched in the froncourt by A. It was touched in the backcourt by A.
That's a concise analysis of why that particular ruling should never have been issued. It simply does not have rules backing.
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