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It is legal.
Rule 10-3-8d address a related issue by saying it is a T to do such a thing to a player without the ball. There is nothing that precludes a player from doing it in any other case. Since it explicitly disallows it in only one case, it can be infered that the non-mentioned cases are legal.
I believe that is largely a safety issue...an passed/incoming ball may hit them in the face without warning. The person with the ball is not going to be hit in the face with the ball, thus it is not a safety issue.
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