Backcourt violation?

[APG]

Easy backcourt violation.

What was the rationale of those saying it wasn't a backcourt violation?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Easy backcourt violation.

What was the rationale of those saying it wasn't a backcourt violation?

Maybe his body was in the BC "space".

[zeedonk]

2 guys said it was not a violation because all three points were not in the frontcourt. One wondered if it was a travel (thereby granting him instant "honorary coach" status).

It bothered me not because the call was right and somebody else was wrong (Lord knows I'm wrong enough), but because we can't get the call right in a room full of refs after the game-and it's a pretty simple play.

Consistency not only in play calls but rules knowledge has to be better than that in order to be at least minimally competent on the court.... doesn't it?

Z

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

2 guys said it was not a violation because all three points were not in the frontcourt. One wondered if it was a travel (thereby granting him instant "honorary coach" status).

It bothered me not because the call was right and somebody else was wrong (Lord knows I'm wrong enough), but because we can't get the call right in a room full of refs after the game-and it's a pretty simple play.

Consistency not only in play calls but rules knowledge has to be better than that in order to be at least minimally competent on the court.... doesn't it?

Z

You would think so, but I bet the guys you talked to aren't the only ones who don't know how to apply this rule and others correctly.

[APG]

Did no one have a case book around? Pretty sure there's a case book play exactly like this one.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

It bothered me not because the call was right and somebody else was wrong (Lord knows I'm wrong enough), but because we can't get the call right in a room full of refs after the game-and it's a pretty simple play.

How long have you been visiting this Forum?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by grunewar

How long have you been visiting this Forum?

Did the ball hit the floor first or not?

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by grunewar

how long have you been visiting this forum?

+1:d

[zeedonk]

Originally Posted by grunewar

How long have you been visiting this Forum?

Sorry, I don't get it...?

Poor sentence construction perhaps?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

Sorry, I don't get it...?

Poor sentence construction perhaps?

A room full of refs disagreeing on a call isn't that unusual. Although, you're right about this particular rule being basic.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by zeedonk

2 guys said it was not a violation because all three points were not in the frontcourt.

This is the only rationale I'm hearing for not calling a BC violation.

As others have pointed out, this provision of the rule applies only to a dribbler. The player in your case was holding the ball, so when he picked up the foot in the backcourt, he had frontcourt status.