Lodged ball.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
If we treat this as the ball being lodged between one of the two 'official' backboards and rims, what's next?

Mark, I think you've misunderstood my thinking. Whatever an official rules in this case, it is most definitely not the same as the ball being lodged between one the two 'official' backboards and rims. I've never claimed that we could consider it to be such. My only contention was that IF you consider the retracted rims to be in play (and, once again, I personally don't) then if the ball gets stuck there, it is technically still a live ball. Which means that when you blow your whistle, you've created a dead ball where there is no team control; thus, the AP procedure.

Are you saying you wouldn't rule a ball which hit an overhead banner out of bounds? (Or that you would consider that the rules state this is not out of bounds?)

No!! No!! I am NOT saying that!!! I am only trying to show the plausibility of an alternative interpretation of the rule.

As I said in my very first post in this thread, I would call this play a throw-in violation, based on the "overhead equipment" part of the OOB rule. And even if that rule doesn't really apply I would call it OOB "and blame it on 2-10" (as I said in my second post in this thread).

Now I am really done with this thread!! The more I say, the more confused the situation becomes.

Chuck