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Originally posted by Official Hommie
Mr. Elias
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If you keep calling me Mr. Elias, I'm gonna start calling you Mr. Hommie.
"Chuck" is fine.
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Hommie is just a name for the internet. I thought it was neat so I used it.
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Then Hommie you shall be.
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I just want an official ruling of some kind. That is all I am asking for. Other than that we will be debating this all day long in official's meetings and other discussions. I just think the National Federation has dropped the ball on this one.
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Well, it wouldn't be the first time the FED has dropped the ball. But I honestly think that if you read the applicable rules, it's not really debatable. You're not allowed to have
team control in the backcourt for more than 10 seconds. Since the team already has control when the ball goes into the backcourt, that's when their time starts. I suppose somebody could disagree, but only until they read the rule carefully. In my opinion.
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My final point is that it would not take an hour for the players to go after the ball. The ball would either go out of bounds or be picked up by a player.
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I agree. There's no way that the ball would sit in the backcourt untouched for 10 seconds. However, the ball could be deflected into the backcourt and the defense could apply pressure in the backcourt. If that happened, you would need the 10-second count, and you'd need to start it at the right time.
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I just want clarification.
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I think you got it from Bob
