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Old Wed Dec 01, 2010, 05:44pm
rwest rwest is offline
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Correct.

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Originally Posted by CDurham View Post
The case play is 4.44.3 A. This has to do with dropping the ball to the floor. In this case the ball was dropped to the floor while a player was in the air and they were the first to touch it after it hit the floor which constituted a dribble. And you cant have a dribble with the pivot foot off the floor.

My play: the player never dropped the ball to the floor. He simply came back down with the ball after the fumble while he was mid air.
I was using the case play to give us some guidance. There is some similarities in the two. Both have the player intentionally losing control. In the case play it wasn't a violation until the ball touched the floor and the player was the first too touch it. I would say the same would apply here. Since he gained control of it before he or the ball touched the floor, I've got nothing.
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