backcourt questions, and line neutral?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

1. A1 in the backcourt passes to A2 who catches the ball with one foot in the frontcourt. A2 then throws a pass to A3 who jumps from the backcourt and lands in the frontcourt. Violation?

2. Same but A2 catches with both feet in the backcourt and dribbles once in the frontcourt. A2 then does the pass to A3.

3. Midcourt line, division line or whatever people call it. Is the line neutral? By that I mean if A2 foot is on the line but not in the frontcourt is it still in the backcourt. Same with a dribble on the line and if the ref can’t tell if it is advanced do you wait for one more to tell if it is clearly over.

I think I saw somewhere here that only when dribbling does the 3 points count, is that true? If that is then I’m thinking 1 is a violation and 2 isn’t.

1. We need to know more information about A2's other foot. If A2's other foot is:
   
   1. touching the backcourt, then A2 still has backcourt status, and when A2 catches the ball, the ball continues to have backcourt status.
   2. touching the frontcourt or is in the air, then A2 has frontcourt status, and when A2 catches the ball, the ball now has frontcourt status
   
   When A3 catches the ball in the air, the ball now has backcourt status, since that is where A3 came from, and still is, because A3 hasn't landed anywhere else yet.
   
   So if A2 did cause the ball to obtain frontcourt status, the touching by A3 becomes a violation.
   
2. A2 dribbling the FC, but himself in the BC means that there has not been team control in the FC, therefore the pass to A3 in the BC is not a violation
   
3. The division line is in the backcourt of the team touching the division line. The 3-points privision (both feet and the ball) apply to a dribbler crossing the division line, therefore you are correct that (1) is a violation (providing that A2's other foot is in the frontcourt or is airborne) and (2) is not a violation.