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Originally Posted by Coach Bill
Played in a pick-up game last night. On a rebound, the ball got deflected and hit a player, A1, already out of bounds. The ball didn't bounce out of bounds first, it hit him in the air. I know this is out of bounds off A1. But, there was an argument, and I promised to send the rule reference to back me up.
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Whoever argued that the ball should go to the team who last touched it before it hit A1 must be very old. About thirty years ago, when a ball was thrown such that the ball hit a player who was out of bounds, it was ruled to be out of bounds off the team that threw the ball, because they caused it to go out of bounds.
Really.
Maybe Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. will kindly make a trip up to his attic library to confirm this for us. He might be the only Forum member old enough to remember this rule, since, as far as I know, dirt is not a Forum member.