Fri Sep 15, 2006, 04:57pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hell
Posts: 20,211
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Originally Posted by mick
Reprint from pg. one:
The ball that bounced off the defender's foot is merely a live and loose ball last touched by a defender.
We have all seen a bounce pass (to a teammate) off a dribble.
If such a pass hits a defender's hand (legally), or other body part (head, chest, forearm, knee, foot) legally, the dribbler may recover and start a new dribble of the ball. Why? It is legal because the rules do not say it is illegal.
[A player, in control (holding, dribbling), who is trapped by two defenders for 4 seconds, bounces the ball off one of the defenders' foot, or leg, and retrieves the ball may dribble. Yes?]
Thus, the action of the dribbled ball accidentally, or intentionally, legally hitting an opponent's foot during the bounce pass and during the dribble are the same. The ball is loose, no player control, and the only way these actions could be adjudged to differ would be in the mind of the official.
mick
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Just for the record, I agreed with you on page 1 too. 
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