Running the Baseline - Extended??

[Jurassic Referee]

Well, being an argumentive SOB.....

- Rule 7-5-7 sez that throw-in must be made "from any point outside the end line".
- Rule 1-1 sez that the high school playing court has ideal dimensions of 84' in length and 50' in width.
- Rule 1-2-1 sez "the playing court shall be marked with sidelines, end lines and other lines as shown on the appended diagram".
- The "appended diagram" is shown directly before Rule 1. That diagram shows the end lines terminating where they meet the sidelines, and it also shows that the optimum width of an end line is 50 feet.

Shazaam....the end line is 50 feet wide and the rules say you gotta make your throw-in from behind it. Ergo....it should be a violation.

Or should it?

This isn't listed as one of the throw-in violations under rule 9-2.

Good Lord! Edited to add that I just realized that I'm morphing into NevadaReferee.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Feb 12th, 2006 at 03:25 AM]