Originally Posted by Me, at Noon, Eastern time

In NFHS, every player is entitled to his/her position on the court, provided s/he got there legally -- even if that position is lying down.

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle, 2 hours later

IIRC, the justification for this interp was this: "Every player is entitled to a spot on the playing court provided such player gets there first without illegally contacting an opponent."

The takeaway was that "Every player is entitled to a spot on the floor, even if that spot is, temporarily, lying on the floor".

Originally Posted by Scrapper1 (Post 704466)

Ummmmm. Just sayin'. . .