Opening Tip Violation

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

6-3-8 specifically refers only to the restrictions in 6-3-7, but the 6-3-8-NOTE makes it a violation.

6-3-8 does make specific mention of the restrictions in 6-3-7. It also defines when the jump ball itself ends. 6-3-1 does not indicate when its restriction begins or ends, other than "For any jump ball". From that I infer that from the time the official is ready (the earliest moment associated with any jump ball restriction) until the jump ball ends, the restriction on the jumpers in 6-3-1 is in effect. Thus, it is a violation in its own right. However, a similar inference may be drawn, and drawn a little more easily, from the note under 6-3-8.