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Originally Posted by btaylor64
It doesn't say "AND" or "AND/OR" it just says "OR" and I take that to mean that this can happen and it is a jump ball OR this can happen and it is still a jump ball. they are separate acts of which both, SEPARATELY, are considered jump balls. The two aren't intertwined by saying "AND" or "AND/OR"
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b. On the ball to prevent an airborne player from throwing the ball or attempting a try and both players return to the playing court with both hands on the ball or (men) the airborne player returns to the playing court never losing control of the ball.
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Notice that after the word "or" is "men" in parenthesis. This mean's something from the first part of the passage has to occur. The only logical phrase that we can combine with what follows after "or" is:
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On the ball to prevent an airborne player from throwing the ball or attempting a try and ".
So now we have:
On the ball to prevent an airborne player from throwing the ball or attempting a try and the airborne player returns to the playing court never losing control of the ball.
So as I said before, IMO, a mere touch does not necessarily mean the defender PREVENTED the airborne player from throwing the ball or attempting a try.