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Originally Posted by Jimmie24
By touching the ball prior to it touching the floor, they have caused it to gain bc status.
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The notion of causing it to have BC status is not part of the rule in question, viz. 9-9-1:
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SECTION 9 BACKCOURT
ART. 1... 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.
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OTOH, causing the ball to have BC status IS part of 9-9-2:
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ART. 2 . . . While in team control in its backcourt, a player shall not cause the
ball to go from backcourt to frontcourt and return to backcourt, without the ball
touching a player in the frontcourt, such that he/she or a teammate is the first to
touch it in the backcourt.
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Alas, this rule is irrelevant to the case.