Incomplete Rule?

[Bob Martin]

Rule should be rewritten to take out 'Simultaneous' and insert 'Double. Who out there has ever had simultaneous free throw violations? However, we do occasionally have double violations, meaning a violation by the defensive team followed by a violation by the offensive team. Exceptions are already written into the rule.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Bob Martin

Exceptions are already written into the rule.

But not all of them.

There are four cases (and in all of these, the defense violates first):

a) Both players on the lane -- enforce the first (penalty a)
b) Defense on the lane, offense not on the lane -- enforce both (penalty b)
c) Defense on on the lane, offense not on the lane -- enforce both (penalty b)
d) Defense not on the lane, offense on the lane -- not covered