IAABO Refresher Exam - Goaltending And Player Control Foul ...

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

28) B-1 goaltends A-1’s try. After this violation airborne A-1 charges B-2 and is charged with a player control foul. The official awards Team B the ball at the designated spot closest to the foul. Is the official correct?

IAABO says the answer is Yes, and cites 7-5-7.

I say the answer is No. The ball is not awarded at the designated spot closest to the foul, but rather, B’s throw-in is from anywhere along the end line. Citations below.

7-5-7 A throw-in anywhere along the end line after a goal or an awarded goal for basket interference or goaltending by a defensive player, as in 9-12 Penalty 1, the team not credited with the score must make a throw-in from the end of the court where the goal was made and from any point outside the end line and the officials must signal such.

7.5.7 SITUATION A: B1 goaltends on airborne shooter A1’s try. A1 fouls B1 in returning to the floor. RULING: Since no free throws result from the player-control foul, B’s throw-in is from anywhere along the end line because of the awarded goal for B1’s goaltending violation. (9-12 Penalty 1)

4-19-1-Note: Contact after the ball has become dead is incidental unless it is ruled intentional or flagrant or is committed by or on an airborne shooter.

4.19.6 SITUATION A: B1 obtains a legal position in A1’s path before A1 becomes airborne. A1 jumps and releases the ball on a try for goal. Before returning to the floor, airborne shooter A1 charges into B1. (a) Before the foul by A1, B2 commits basket interference ... RULING: In (a), both the violation and the foul are penalized. The basket interference by B2 causes the ball to become dead immediately. The violation is penalized by awarding the two points. The player-control foul on A1 is also charged. Team B is awarded the ball for a throw-in anywhere along the end line. A defensive-goaltending or basket-interference violation committed prior to a player-control foul does not contradict the general statement that when a player-control foul occurs that player cannot score. In the case of a defensive violation, it is the violation which results in awarding the score ...(4-12-1, 6-7-4, 6-7-9 EXCEPTION, 7-5-4a, 9-11)

What say you?

1) The wording both IAABO Question #28 and NFHS Casebook Play 4.19.6 Situation A is very clear: A1 is still an Airborne Shooter when he/she makes contact with Charges into B2 (IAABO) and B1 (NFHS), whereas NFHS Casebook 4.19.6 Situation A(a) is poorly worded leaving the Reader to presumes that A1 is an Airborne Shooter when he/she makes contact with B1.

2) I do not know how the IAABO Rules Examination Committee could have answered "Yes" to Question #2 when the NFHS Casebook is part of the High School Edition of the IABBO Handbook.

I guess Billy or me will have to contact IAABO with our concerns.

MTD, Sr.