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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
How is the punishment stronger for kicking the ball on an AP throw-in versus a non-AP throw-in?  In both cases, the non-violating team gets a repeat throw-in and the arrow doesn't change. Where's the difference? |
The throw-in, and thus the kicked ball, would never have happened had the AP throw-in not occurred. Everything that happens during the AP throw-in happens as a result of the AP throw-in and depends on whose arrow it is. This is why they should get the "opportunity" to make the throw-in, not the necessity that the throw-in be completed.
Some would argue that kicking the ball is good defense (thus the NCAA rule change of shot clock only resetting to 15, if necessary). The throw-in team had their chance to get the next possession, and they didn't unequitably lose it, they still have the next throw-in as well.