Another whacky play by the ref

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ace

I've found myself in this position before - Live ball hits you in the chest while you're standing ON the end line and instead of bouncing off you rolls down your body back to the floor.

A's coach calls a timeout to ream his players for not realizing that the referee is part of the court, unless he's out of bounds.

Uh-oh......

If you're standing ON the end line, you are OOB. The referee is part of the court when he's OOB too, ace. The ball is dead as soon as it touched you, and a violation has to be called against the team that last touched the ball on the court.

NFHS rule 7-1-2-2.

The confusion on this play is when the ball touches something OOB versus a player with the ball touching a person OOB. It's a violation when the ball touches a person OOB. It's not a violation when a player holding or dribbling the ball touches a person OOB with his body(R7-1-1).