another off the wall study guide question

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

A1 receives a pass standing still with both feet on the floor. He places the ball on the floor and releases it simultaneously with both hands.

He then picks the ball up and starts a dribble. Ruling: Legal play.

The best case that can be made that this action is NOT a dribble is by citing the final sentence of 4.44.5 Sit B.

"It is also traveling if A1 puts the ball on the floor, then rises and is first to touch the ball."

Yet even that is not clear because we do not know if the NFHS is telling us that the setting of the ball on the floor does not constitute a dribble and thus this is traveling or if the NFHS is saying that the player is attempting to circumvent the traveling rule and therefore must be penalized anyway. I happen to believe the latter explanation.