Backcourt or not?

[assignmentmaker]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
The use of the word "it" instead "he/she" clarifies that the reference is to THE BALL being in the frontcourt BEFORE going to the backcourt, not a particular player.

But either way you read that, it really doesn't matter.

I've already agreed with you that the ball in flight coming from the frontcourt, last touched by B1, continues to have frontcourt status until A1, who is standing in the backcourt, touches it.

Why can't you agree that A1's touching coincides with the ball attaining backcourt status?
Do you really believe that A1 is touching the ball BEFORE it attains backcourt status? If so, how is this physically possible, since by definition that ball attains backcourt status the instant that he touches it?

I'll try to make this as simple as possible for you.

1. The player standing in the backcourt, who catches the ball is NOT the last player to touch it BEFORE it went to the backcourt.

2. He is simply the first player to touch the ball IN the backcourt.

3. You need to ask who touched the ball just before that player? If your answer is an opponent, then there has been no violation. Otherwise, tweet.

Sure, on the he/she thing. Sorry.

I call this the same way you do.

Nontheless, the rule itself is unambiguously ambigous, because of the way it's drafted.

"Do you really believe that A1 is touching the ball BEFORE it attains backcourt status?"

I believe that, as happens often in the rules and is sometimes clarified by making an exception or with an 'interpretation', two rules overlap - and there is no guidance (as in the matter of the jump ball) as to how to resolve it.

Do you really believe the player who has caught the jump ball doesn't have control of it??????

How about this rule: if Team A is in control of the ball in the frontcourt, it shall be a violation if a member of Team A having frontcourt location is the last player to touch the ball before a member of Team A having backcourt location touches the ball.

A little verbose, perhaps, but unambigous. I think.

"I'll try to make this as simple as possible for you."