Screen on an inbounds pass...

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Good point. I really don't know why it shouldn't be an immediate violation instead of waiting for contact. The FED rationale for all play including LGP is supposedly that the game should be played in-bounds. You...well maybe me...would think that that the same principles would apply to both guarding and screening.

Well, I thought about that as well. I agree with how the committee is addressing the fact that play needs to stay on the court. My thinking is perhaps the difference is between "leaving" the court, and just being OOB. In the examples given in case plays, the player completely leaves the court, and it is done with an obvious intent. Perhaps their thinking in this play is with one foot inbounds, perhaps the player isn't completely aware of thier position? So, with the thought that B2 is not completely OOB, and there may not be an intent to be OOB, the rules committee does not consider that "unauthorized"? Just thinking out loud.