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Old Sun Jan 30, 2011, 02:38pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
It certainly is. Would you let this player do that for eighty-four feet?
Can you cite a rule that says he can't? No.

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You did bring up a key word that I believe that I didn't use in my original post. Player control. A player is in control of the ball when he/she is holding or dribbling a live ball inbounds. Even though the player was only controlling the ball with one hand as it rolled across the floor, could I have ruled that player control exsited here, and that the player moved illegally while controlling the ball, and thus, had traveled?
Can you cite a rule that says you can? No.

You can turn this into a 10 page thread but the answer is still, "It's not a violation by rule."
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