Backcourt violation?

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just to clarify, he gets FC status as soon as he touches the FC, right? Therefore, He maintains FC status until he's completely in the BC again?

FIBA changed the rule this year. Now we consider the ball having FC status when:

(a) the ball is in control of a dribbler and both his/her feet and the ball touch the FC (just the same as in NF, I guess; we already had this), or

(b) the ball in control of a player who is not dribbling and both his/her feet touch the FC, or

(c) the ball is not in control of any player and it touches the FC.

In the OP's case, only one foot of the player in control of the ball touched the FC, so the ball never got FC status. The eight second count does not stop, of course, but that player is allowed to put the other foot again in the BC, maybe start a dribble and return completely in the BC.

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