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Originally Posted by Eastshire
Snaq, are you saying this would be a legal play?
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I wouldn't. Even if the rules do not expressly prohibit it, it is an advantage not intended by the rules.
We have at least a few case plays that establish that when a player who is holding the ball deliberately releases the ball such that it is not a dribble, a try, or a pass, they are effectively considered to have been holding the ball the entire time as far as the traveling rules are concerned when they again pick up the ball.