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[IBHookin43]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

If the spirit of the rule is only to deny the inbounds pass over the backboard (and I agree that is where the rule originated) then why did the rules committee make it an OOB violation and not just a throw-in violation?

AND, why the words "...from any direction..."???

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by IBHookin43

AND, why the words "...from any direction..."???

That means going over from front to back or back to front and not any shot that is taken from behind the front plain of the BB that does not directly go over the BB.

[IBHookin43]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

That means going over from front to back or back to front and not any shot that is taken from behind the front plain of the BB that does not directly go over the BB.

I understand that. I was questioning why the words "from any direction" were added to the rule, if the intent of the rule was originally for the throw-in situation.

[IBHookin43]

Originally Posted by IBHookin43

I understand that. I was questioning why the words "from any direction" were added to the rule, if the intent of the rule was originally for the throw-in situation.

Since no one has a response, I guess this will remain one of life's mysteries.

[bellnier]

Sheesh...maybe the Rules Committees will recognize the confusion and rewrite the rule..."...if any part of the ball passes through the plane of the backboard, extended to the ceiling, in either direction...".