Throw-In, or Not?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

No where in the Throw-in Rule will one find the word "intent"

Is it implied in the definition of a throw-in pass: "an attempt to put the ball in play" (or something like that)? If the action was not such an attempt (e.g., it was just giving the ball to the person who was then to make such an attempt), it wouldn't be a throw-in pass and the restrictions wouldn't apply.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Is it implied in the definition of a throw-in pass: "an attempt to put the ball in play" (or something like that)? If the action was not such an attempt (e.g., it was just giving the ball to the person who was then to make such an attempt), it wouldn't be a throw-in pass and the restrictions wouldn't apply.

4-42-2 A throw-in is a method of putting the ball in play from out-of-bounds.