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Old Fri Aug 15, 2014, 06:14am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Playing Devil's Advocate ...

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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
yes
just another ref's answer seems to be correct by the written rule. So I guess a player can't legally make a "bad" bounce pass to a nearby teammate after picking up his/her fumbled ball in this situation?

Regarding the difference, in a real game (damn the rulebook definitions), between starting a dribble, and starting a pass, to borrow a phrase from Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, "I know it when I see it".
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