over an back rule?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by upprdeck

so my question to all of this why is the rule different for plays started on the court and plays started out of bounds?

On a throw in there's no "offense" or "defense" so both are held to the same rule. Once the ball is in play, the offense can (in theory) control where the ball goes, so the defense gets an "extra" exception.

And, whether the "defensive exception" applied during the throw-in process was a big debate here for a couple of years until the FED clarified. It's now been 5? years since this was "settled."