Is this a Backcourt Violation?

[cmathews]

Why do we care about player possesion on this play? It has no bearing on the FC status of the ball. I believe in the OP we have a violation under the new rules, unless there is an exception granted, and I HOPE there is.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by cmathews

Why do we care about player possesion on this play? It has no bearing on the FC status of the ball. ...

Can a player catch the ball in the front court and throw it into the backcourt?

tref is questioning whether A2 had possession and threw the ball into the backcourt based upon the OP's wording.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by cmathews

Why do we care about player possesion on this play? It has no bearing on the FC status of the ball. I believe in the OP we have a violation under the new rules, unless there is an exception granted, and I HOPE there is.

The OP didn't specify new rules or old rules, and the questions were to help him reason through the question to be able to correctly rule on other simialr situations.

[SmokeEater]

IMO posting what is to be done under "old" rules may lead to confusion. IF there are "new" rules in place then we officiate to the rules being administered.

I know that what is happening here is the old is being used as a comparison for the new.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

IMO posting what is to be done under "old" rules may lead to confusion. IF there are "new" rules in place then we officiate to the rules being administered.

I know that what is happening here is the old is being used as a comparison for the new.

The problem is, all we know are the old rules. We have no idea whether the proper exceptions will be written, or if they'll be written into the case plays, or if a tip in the FC that ends the throw-in will also constitute FC TC for the throw-in team for the purposes of BC violations.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

IMO posting what is to be done under "old" rules may lead to confusion. IF there are "new" rules in place then we officiate to the rules being administered.

I know that what is happening here is the old is being used as a comparison for the new.

What snaqwells said, plus many summer games are played under "last year's rules" -- similar questions come up almost every year.