push with ball

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Thrower-in A1 reaches across the line and uses the ball to push B1 in the chest, displacing him in the process. Ruling: unsportsmanlike technical on A1

False

Is there a specific written reference to anything along these lines or do we just assume that the restrictions on contact (player shall not push.....etc.)
would apply to a push with the ball the same as a push with the bare hand.
Also, the fact that A1 is the thrower-in, thus legally out of bounds, is not significant in this play, is it?

I'd use casebook play 10.3.7SitB as a guide. It's kinda similar in that you have a thrower contacting a defender with the ball. The only real difference is that he releases the ball first in the case play.

It's a judgment call and you should use the same criteria as the ruling of the case play imo:
- Was it a voluntary, planned act?
- Was the ball contact caused by the movement of the defender?
- Was the act of an unsporting nature?

If your answers are yes, no and yes, then call an unsporting technical foul of some kind on the thrower. That would also make the answer True btw.