Inbounds pass muffed into backcourt

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BigCat

I am not hanging anything on that. I was guessing that folks thinking once a player was in FC dribbling, if he simply stepped on the line or dribbled ball on the line it wasn't a violation. I was guessing they were saying it took 3 parts to go back to BC.

My point all along is that 3 parts is a rule to put you in FC. Once you're in it, that rule is over. A player dribbling is in control of ball. If he steps on line or dribbles on it he's violated. Caused ball to be in BC etc

It is not a violation to cause the ball to be in the backcourt. Only touching first after causing it to go into the backcourt is a violation (after having last touched it before it went to the backcourt).

Also, as I posted above, the ball location rules actually do not say the ball is in the backcourt when the dribbler steps on the line unless the dribbler is touching the ball while doing so. The clause that covers that for OOBs situations is specifically in the OOB section and mentioned boundaries and doesn't mention the division line.


Likewise for a dribble that hits the line...causing it to be in the backcourt isn't the violation, it is the subsequent touch, according to the rules as far as I can tell?

So, while I have always called it this way, what, by rule, makes it a violation for just stepping/dribbling on the division line?