View Single Post
  #14 (permalink)  
Old Wed Sep 24, 2008, 07:54pm
mick mick is offline
In Memoriam
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
Arrow

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
Free throw.
1. Ball is dead.
2. Ball becomes live when shooter gets ball.
3. a) If basket is made, the ball becomes dead.
b) If basket is missed and no more shots follow, ball normally remains live.

It's the exceptions to 3b that are discussed in this question.
This *live* ball description, merely because [5-1-1] a ball must be "live" in order to be a goal is just so wrong.
I propose the "live" ball description in thses cases be changed to "latently live".
Reply With Quote