Leaving the court while playing defense

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by bgtg19
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The experienced group of officials at the meeting say, essentially: "No, the rule change was for players going out of bounds around screens, but leaving the court for an unauthorized reason is still a T."
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That's completely wrong.

The old "T" rule- up to this year- was made up of 2 parts:
1) It was a "T" if you left the court for an unauthorized reason.
2) It was also a "T" if you delayed returning in-bounds after being legally out-of-bounds.

When the FED changed the rule, they made the first part- #1- leaving the court for an unauthorized reason- a violation instead of a "T".

The second part- #2- was not changed. Delaying returning in-bounds after being legally out-of-bounds is still a "T".

In your situation, the correct call, by rule, is a violation as per R9-3-2.

Whether you call the violation or not is another discussion.The only 2 choices you have are calling a violation or ignoring it.