Leaving The Court First To Touch Exceptions ...

[BillyMac]

For the good of the cause.

I'm not sure if we covered these two new casebook plays, or not.

Exceptions (by interpretation) have been added to first player to touch the ball after leaving and returning to the playing court for loss of team control (said player rebounds a missed try) and for an advantage obviously negated by time.

Player Out Of Bounds - Leaving The Court
9.3.3 SITUATION B: A1 and A2 set a double screen near the end line. A3 intentionally goes out of
bounds outside the end line to have the defender (B3) detained by the double screen. (a) A3
receives a pass as soon as A3 re-enters the court from A4; (b) A3 does not receive a pass and
play continues; (c) A4 continues to dribble the ball while B3 recovers defensively on A3. A3
continues to cut to get open and receives a pass from A4. RULING: In (a), the official shall call a
violation on A3 as soon as A3 touches the ball. The ball is awarded to Team B at a designated
spot nearest to where the violation occurred. In (b) and (c), no violation has occurred and play
continues; In (c), any advantage that was gained by A3 going out of bounds was no longer in
effect when A3 received the pass from A4.

9.3.3 SITUATION C: A1 and A2 set a double screen near the end line. B3 intentionally goes out of
bounds outside the end line to avoid being detained by A1 and A2. Just as B3 goes out of
bounds, A3's try is in flight. RULING: No violation for the defense leaving the court to avoid a
screen since team control ended on the try even if B3 is the first player to touch the ball when
returning to the court

[Nevadaref]

Sit B part c does not mesh with the rule as currently written in the NFHS book. There is no consideration of time elapsed for this violation.

Sit C has the correct ruling, but for the wrong reason. The try has nothing to do with this action. There simply is no longer a rule preventing a defender from leaving the court to avoid a screen.