backcourt on a thrown in

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Hard

Sorry if this dead horse is already cold, but I'd like to kick it one more time if we could.

Since team control starts when the ball is at the disposal, and continues until the ball is secured by the opposing team, it seems to me that the ball has both front court status and team control when it is touched in the front court. When the player that touched it in the front court is the first to touch in the backcourt it seems to me it has got to be a violation.

I am also thinking that the play illustrated in the video may be the reason the new rule book deletes "player and" from the control requirement.

Seems like it. But what they have effectively done is create two team controls....and created a lot of confusion in the process.

"team control" begins at disposal on the throwin and continues until the ball is secured by the opposing team or a try is released. "team control" is only used to determine how to administer a foul.

The other one "TEAM CONTROL" begins only when a player of a team has player control inbounds. It also continues until the other team secures control or a try is released. This "TEAM CONTROL" is used to determine when a violation has occurred.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

... what they have effectively done is create two team controls ...

Bingo. Give that man a cigar.