Rule Change Proposals

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Originally Posted by cmathews

sseltser, I understand that that is the interpretation in the case book, and I whole heartedly agree, but that is not what the rule book says....It says and I quote 9-9-1...A player shall not be the first to touch a ball after it has been in team control in the frontcourt, if he/she or a teammate last touched or was touched by the ball in the frontcourt before it went to the backcourt.

A1 shoots the ball from the front court, it is a long rebound either touched by A2 in the front court or by no one, goes to the back court where A3 recovers it. By the strict reading of the rule above it is indeed a violation.

The ball was in team control in the front court (before A1 shot it)
it was last touched by either A1 or A2, depending on which you want to use, in the front court, then touched by A3 in the backcourt.

It doesn't say that team control must be maintained, only that a ball that has been in team control in the front court, and it had been when A1 shot it. The proposal just cleans that up a bit....

wow you really need THAT cleared up...