Double dribble??

[blindzebra]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett

Since when did "touching" a loose ball establish team control? Team A can only lose team control if there is a try or tap for goal, if there is a dead ball or if team B gains team control. For team B to gain team control, one of B's players would have to establish player control. That means a team B player would have to be dribbling or holding a live ball inbounds.

I guess you could rule that, if following the touch by B1, the ball hit the floor, it was a dribble by B1. However, whether you can or cannot continue a dribble is determined by player, not team, control.

This is another one of those,"There is not a play in the case book to cover this," situations.

4-15-4-d says B1 touching ENDS the dribble, but it does not say it ends A1's ended dribble.