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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Right result, wrong reason. It is not about what is the final action. If they are fouled (personal) after the try is successful but before they complete the throwin, they still get to run the endline (assuming the throwin spot is on the endline).
It is about not losing the right to run the endline as a result of the other team committing an infraction when the subsequent throwin remains on the endline.
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I see how what I wrote may be a bit misleading. You took my statement as declarative that the final action is what dictates, meaning if the basket came first and the foul was second then the team wouldn't be able to run. That is certainly not the message which I meant to convey as it would be inaccurate under the present rules.
However, I believe that what I wrote is an accurate statement for the specific case posed and always has been (at least since the right to run was introduced). In order to prove this to you, I must ask you to recall that prior to 2001-02 a team lost the right to run the end line when the scoring team committed a violation or a foul immediately following the goal or during the subsequent throw-in. The comment which accompanied the rule change that season made it clear that the rule change was for a foul or violation AFTER the score, not before as was the case presented here. Therefore, we must conclude that that rule change did not alter the proper administration for a play in which the scoring team fouled or violated BEFORE the goal, ie with the try in flight. I believe that allowing the non-scoring team to run the end line was proper in that case even prior to the 2001-02 season. Therefore, the reason which you cite, "It is about not losing the right to run" cannot be the correct rationale because the rule change which permits a team to retain that right doesn't actually apply to this situation. It is specifically for situations in which the foul or violation occurs following the goal.
Basically, when things happen in this particular order the committee had to make a choice of which rule took priority--the designated-spot throw-in for the foul or the right to run for the non-scoring team. I believe that they make the correct choice, as detailed in 7.5.7 Sit E, in allowing the offended team to run just as they would have had the opponent not fouled on the play.