FED rule changes/clarifications that are needed

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
There's language in the book telling us when a try ends.

But as I pointed out to Dan in my first post of this thread, 5-2-1 makes it irrelevant whether it's a try or not. Any thrown ball that goes in the basket without touching the floor, a ref or a teammate is a 3.

Logically, the "throw" ends too when it doesn't have a chance to go in.

I have no idea how you come to that conclusion "logically". Some throws never have a chance to go in; e.g., a bounce pass. Does that mean the pass was never thrown? Your conclusion just doesn't follow.

The fact is that 5-2-1 directly contradicts the case play you cite. I think the case play makes more sense, but the way things actually are, we have two diametrically opposed rulings on the same play. It needs to be clarified.