Thread: 10 Second Violation?
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 09:38am
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Originally Posted by eg-italy View Post
Provided the ball is far from the ground and any player. I'd prefer to "miss" a call when the ball gains FC status at 10.1 seconds than calling a violation at 9.99 seconds, (that is, 8.1 and 7.99 in FIBA): our count cannot be accurate to tenths of a second. It's just like for traveling: we don't call it unless we are sure the player traveled.

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