Violation for Voluntarily Running Out of Bounds

[brainbrian]

Saw a player step out of bounds to avoid a 3-second call once.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by brainbrian

Saw a player step out of bounds to avoid a 3-second call once.

I don't have a citation, but I was taught that that was never a legal tactic for player to avoid a three second violation, and, if three seconds had passed, to just call the three second violation rather than the intentionally going out of bounds violation.

Anybody remember something similar? Anybody got an old citation? Anybody know where my car keys are?

[BillyMac]

This is from my Misunderstood Basketball Rules list:

"It’s a violation for a player to step out of bounds in an attempt to avoid a three second violation."

Is it a three second violation (assuming three seconds have passed), or is it an intentionally going out of bounds violation, (assuming that three seconds have not passed)?

[bob jenkins]

It is, or was, in the case book. Did you try looking there?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It is, or was, in the case book. Did you try looking there?

9.3.3 SITUATION A: A1 receives a pass while in the restricted area of the lane.
A1 passes the ball to A2 outside the three-point line. In order to get the three-second
count stopped, A1 steps directly out of bounds under A's basket. RULING:
A1 is charged with a violation for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason.(9-7)

Was it always a leaving the court for an unauthorized reason violation, or was it ever a three second violation?