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Old Tue May 14, 2002, 11:21pm
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Player A on offense comes down court, shoots the ball, it's a bona fide attempt, doesn't hit the rim or backboard, and player A comes down and grabs the ball before anyone else touches it, and then shoots the ball again and scores. Legal or not?

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Old Tue May 14, 2002, 11:33pm
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Greg, it depends what league Player A is playing in. If he's a HS or college player, the play is perfectly legal. If he plays in the NBA, he's traveled when he touches the ball after the first shot.

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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 08:04am
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For clarification, the NF Rule Book
has this case play, 4.43 Situation B.

The reason player A can catch the ball
is because on a try or a tap, there is
no longer any team control. Thus, he
may be the first one to catch it.
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 08:21am
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 08:25am
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 08:51am
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 09:40am
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I don't know. Sounds too good to be true.
And you know what they say......
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 04:41pm
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Traveling

PlThis rule has seen many changes over the years. If you take a look at high school rules from the late 60's and early 70's the shooter had the ability to catch their own shot without it making contact with the rim, backboard, or another player. This rule was changed in or around 1977, stating that the player was in essence passing to himself, a traveling violation. The once again in the mid 80's the rule was switched back to it's original form with the decliration that the shot must be a "true attempt." If the shot was "true" the player was allowed to rebound the ball. This rule is once again being discussed at the high school level. The rules is too vague, leaving the referee to interperet the rule....this causes too many mistakes and errors.
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Old Wed May 15, 2002, 04:46pm
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Re: Traveling

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The rules is too vague, leaving the referee to interperet the rule....this causes too many mistakes and errors.
I don't see how the rule is too vague. The casebook has a play directly on point. If an official can't determine the difference in a shot and a self pass, he has issues that a rule change can't address.
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