Two wierd plays

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
The points raised by Camron Rust, and Hawks Coach, etc., are good and I handle them this way: the rules say the throw-in must be made from any point outside the endline. (7-5-7) However, there is no requirement that the ball or a player must remain behind the endline (between the sidelines) prior to the throw-in pass being made. So if a team chucks the ball into the tenth row, it can go get it, but must bring the ball back to any point outside the endline before making the throw-in pass. They just can't pass it in from up there.[/B]

I think you end up with a bizarre interpretation of the rules if you allow a player to go any place where they cannot legally inbound the ball. If you agree that they cannot throw from beyond the sideline extended, why would you allow a player to go there? We are giving the team the entire baseline - why do they need this additional space?