Free throw violation?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by just another ref

But there is more to the story. The shooter is obviously the most important player involved in the free throw. Therefore, he is subject to at least one different consideration. (10-3-5c) Why it is a given that all other considerations should necessarily be the same?

Both are required to remain in their space until the FT hits something. In one case, they define that touching the floor outside of your space is the same as leaving that space. Why would that concept not apply to the shooter?

The same concept applies just about EVERYWHERE else on the court....OOB vs. Inbounds, FC vs BC, 2-point vs 3-point. Why would it not apply in this one narrow case?


Here are the ones I can think of...some are explicit, other are implicit.

• If you're supposed to be OOB (throwin) and touch inbounds, you're inbounds.
• If you're supposed to be inbounds and touch OOB, you're OOB.
• If touch the BC, you're in the BC.
• If touch inside the 3-point arc, you're inside the 3-point arc.
• If touch inside the lane (for 3 seconds), you're inside the lane.
• If you're supposed to be in a marked lane space and touch outside of the marked lane space, you are outside of the lane space.
• If you are supposed to be in the center circle (jump ball) and touch outside of the circle, you are outside of the circle.

These are all consistent...what basis suggest it would be any different for the FT shooter?

• If you are supposed to be in the FT semi-circle (for FTs) and touch outside of the semi-circle, you are outside of the circle.

These all sum up to the following: touching a location outside of where a player is required to be makes that the player's location.