Rule research help

assignmentmaker · #14 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 20, 2006, 12:50am

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Originally posted by truerookie

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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
If, however, the ball is on the way to the shooter, and I see a player start in towards the marked spaces, violation.

Assignmentmaker,
take a look at casebook play 8.1.1 sit(a)then look at rule 4-4-7a-d. feedback please.

Well, 8.1.1 Sit(A) says "after the players have had sufficient opportunity and time to take their positions . . . "

If I am careless enough to bounce the ball to the shooter while a player is, in good enough faith - that's a matter of judgement - taking a marked lane position, that's prima facie evidence that the players have not had sufficient opportunity and time. If, however, a player were over chatting with his girlfriend and ignored my warning, that would be different . . .

4-4-7(a-d) make clear that the ball is not at the foul shooter's disposal while en bounce, do they not? So, if I blow my whistle inadvertently (wink wink), I can avoid making a careless mistake on my part a factor in the game.

[Edited by assignmentmaker on Jan 20th, 2006 at 01:57 AM]