Throw-in -- running the line (or not!)

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by Danvrapp
So knocking a ball out of bounds is just a simple violation (it is a violation - check the rules!), but intentionally kicking a ball out of bounds is a super violation???

I don't buy it. Besides, neither of the plays I sighted come anywhere close to saying the defender kicked the ball, just that it went OOB.

Dan
Kicking the ball is a violation - it need not go OOB. So it causes the throw-in to end with an instant violation. Touching the ball is not a violation. If you touch the ball and deflect it forward and it goes out on the sidelines, you have a sideline throw-in not an endline throw-in. Therefore no running the endline.

Your initial post cites an example from a game, a case, and a rule. You thought there was an inconsistency between rule and case. By providing an example of a violation that ends the throw (the kick), as compared to a throw that ends followed by an immediate violation (touch, then OOB), people are simply illustrating how the rule and case are not in conflict. The case refers to the throw as not being covered by the rule, the rule allows for the kick situation so that teams can't cheat to eliminate the endline run.