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Rocky
Rule 4-40-2
A try for field goal is an attempt by a player to score two or three points by throwing the ball into a team' s own basket. A player is trying for goal when the player has the ball and in the officialÂ’s judgment is throwing or attempting to throw for goal.
The official's judgment part, I will concede, leads one to question the case 5.2.1 as being a try. However, as I have said before, I think the case exists to take official's judgment out of any situation involving A throwing and ball going into A's basket because it has become a try, regardless of what you may have thought it was. If it doesn't go in, you are still authorized under 4-40-2 to determine whether you think it is a try (e.g., in awarding two FTs).
MN-essentially, JR and I agree on this, and you have a different interpretation of 5.2.1 which also allows you to ignore a case and rules that completely conflict with your interpretation. JR and I have an interpretation of 5.2.1 that allows 4.40.4 to make sense and be completely consistent within the rules and cases. Your interpretation, no matter how you justify it, does not allow this to occur and must therefore be suspect at best.
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