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[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

While that may very well be the intent, the actual effect is to make literally ANY thrown ball from beyond the arc worth 3 points if it goes in the basket without touching the floor or a teammate.

The very point of the rule was ONLY to remove judgement of try vs. pass...to treat both as a try if it goes in. NOTHING else was changed.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

The rule was written incredibly badly, and directly conflicts with at least one case play ruling.

No conflict at all...when the case plays and rule are considered in context.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

The ball does not stop being thrown simply because it is obvious that it's not going in the basket.

I ask again....when does the "thrown ball" cease to be a thrown ball? Given that there is no explicit and independant definition, we're left with it ending in the same way as a try (since the rule effectively indicates that we should treat the thrown ball as a try). If not, the "thrown ball" has no endpoint and team B could even catch the ball and shoot it into A's basket for 3 points (and we all know that team B can't score 3 for team A).