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Originally Posted by Adam
The wording is the same, is it not? It's about the playing court. The violation is for leaving the playing court, so if one foot on the line is not a violation for leaving the playing court, how can we say he doesn't have a legal position because he's not on the playing court? He's either on the playing court or he's not.
I recognize he doesn't have, nor can he have LGP. I do not recognize that this is an illegal position, however, for a stationary player.
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There are three statuses by rule: on the court, authorized off the court and unauthorized off the court. Stationary players in the first have legal position, players in the third have committed a violation. The second, though, have not committed a violation and are not described as being entitled to their position.
We say that because legal position is defined as a spot on the court reached without illegally contacting an opponent.
It would be better if there was a direct rule or case on the situation because the rules only cover the situation by exception.