I refer you, bainsey, to case book play 9.12SitB as cited above. Note that it's in a section labelled GOALTENDING. Are you sure you didn't really not want to find sumthin' like that, sumthin' that woulda screwed up your end game? :)

And Where's Waldo ???
 

Who's Woody?

Saw that, not applicable. I'm looking for offensive goaltending on a field goal. Since this case is on a free throw, the lane violation is the call, not any goaltending.

When the rule is this plainly stated, why would you need a case?

Again, to defy the myth that the offense can only commit basket interference, and not goaltending.

I've Got You Babe ...
 

Paul Bunyan was a myth. Offensive goaltending, and offensive basket interference, are the real deal.

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbn...3b28&index=ch1

Says you, Connecticut!

Paul Bunyan is a good friend that lives happily near the legendary home for high school tournament basketball, the Bangor Auditorium.

(It's the airplane-looking thing in the background. 26, back me up...)

http://www.mainevacationme.com/photo...-Maine-004.jpg

The rule itself will have to suffice.

From a fairness point, why would a rule permit the offense to grab/touch a ball yet prohibit the defense from doing so when the ball is in play (time periods during FTs and throwins excepted since they're part of the penalty for another infraction or otherwise earned).

alley oop pass.

Never heard of such a myth until you created it in this thread.

Then look at NFHS rule 7-5-2(b) which states:
"Designated out-of-bounds spot throw-in nearest the violation:
b) after GOALTENDING or basket interference by the OFFENSIVE team, as in 9-12 Penalty 2."

Let me know if that doesn't meet your approval also...and I'll find something else for you. Hell, I don't mind doing what you should have done before starting this stoopid thread.

Thanks, JR, that helps. But really, haven't you learned in your travels the bees/honey/vinegar analogy?

There are bees here? :confused:

Naw, I'm more of a subscriber of the analogy of having to hit a donkey over the head with a 2by4 to get their attention. :D

Note the smiley, bainsey.:D