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Prior to the 2002-2003 season, the NFHS changed rule 4-12-1 which added an exception to the definition of control by a player when, during a jump ball, a jumper catches the ball prior to the ball touching the floor or a non-jumper.
Previous to this rule change, if a jumper caught the jump ball, the opponent got the ball for a throw-in and the arrow was set to their basket.
With the 2002 rule change, a violation no longer resulted in Team B losing the arrow for the next AP situation. We discussed this situation on this forum.
JUMPER CATCHING A TOSS NOT CONSIDERED PLAYER CONTROL (4-12-1): An exception was added to the definition of control by a player when, during a jump ball, a jumper catches the ball prior to the ball touching the floor or a non-jumper. By rule, and previously reinforced in a Case Book situation, if a jumper caught the ball on a jump ball, that player had controlled the ball, but had violated by catching the tap. The committee felt the penalty of awarding the ball and the arrow to the opponent was too severe. This change simplifies the rule by only considering the violation by the jumper catching the tap, resulting in the opposing team receiving the throw-in, and the arrow set toward the team that violated.
So the actual rule change occurred on 2002, not in 1994.
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Last edited by BktBallRef; Sun Dec 16, 2012 at 09:18pm.
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