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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
While that may very well be the intent, the actual effect is to make literally ANY thrown ball from beyond the arc worth 3 points if it goes in the basket without touching the floor or a teammate.
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The very point of the rule was ONLY to remove judgement of try vs. pass...to treat both as a try if it goes in. NOTHING else was changed.
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
The rule was written incredibly badly, and directly conflicts with at least one case play ruling.
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No conflict at all...when the case plays and rule are considered in context.
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
The ball does not stop being thrown simply because it is obvious that it's not going in the basket.
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I ask again....when does the "thrown ball" cease to be a thrown ball? Given that there is no explicit and independant definition, we're left with it ending in the same way as a try (since the rule effectively indicates that we should treat the thrown ball as a try). If not, the "thrown ball" has no endpoint and team B could even catch the ball and shoot it into A's basket for 3 points (and we all know that team B can't score 3 for team A).