Rules Changes

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally posted by Nevadaref

So, what did they do with 10-3-3? Is it still in the book? What do we do if a defensive player leaves the floor for an unauthorized reason?

10-3-3 Now only says it's a T to "Delay returning after legally being out of bounds."

9-3-2 makes no distinction between offensive or defensive player. The penalty refers you to "exception 4" of 6-7-9 which indicates:
"the ball does not become dead until the try or tap ends, or until the airborne shooter returns to the floor, when: ... a violation, as in 9-3-2 or 9-13-1, ocurrs by an opponent."

That would certainly indicate that it's proper to call a violation on the defense for leaving the court and that there is a "delayed" dead ball in the case of a tap, try or foul against the airborne shooter.

That certainly seems to back up what was printed in the August Referee Magazine article.