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Originally Posted by JetMetFan
If...
*the throw-in begins when the ball is at the disposal of a player on the team entitled to it, and...
*disposal begins when the ball is available to a player and the official begins their count
and...if a player is delaying and the official begins his/her count before the player steps OOB, the throw-in, by rule, has begun.
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Agree, but that is the exception to address a player/team trying to cheat the rule, not the norm.
Again, what is "available"? I can't believe that could mean anything other than actually being given enough time to get the ball to a spot where the throwin could be legally made.