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[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Yabut....what has that got to do in any way with the call?

The only information needed to make the call is the status of the player when he touches the ball---> i.e. in bounds or out-of-bounds.

Well, I think I know what truerookie might be trying to say, although it's probably not a situation that would happen a lot. Let's say A1 saves the ball from going OOB, but happens to flip it back behind B1. The quickest way for A1 to now get the ball is to go OOB around B1. The momentum didn't carry A1 OOB, but A1 purposely went OOB. In this case, it would be a violation on A1, and it wouldn't matter where A1 was when the ball was first saved, or recovered.

However, in most cases, A1 is falling OOB to save it, so as long as A1 has in-bounds status when the ball is saved, and has in-bounds status when the ball is recovered, it's a legal play.