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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 05:39pm
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Thanks for all your help!

It's interesting that generally a player always has to be behind a line for something to count and for there not to be a violation, except when inbounding the ball, a player is allowed to step on the boundary line without crossing it. I guess this is because the line is considered part of out of bounds.

Actually, the line is where inbounds and OOB meet. So if the player steps on that line, it's a violation. The OOB boundary could be two inches wide or two feet wide.
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