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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Thanks. I guess the 5 years before you got here, there must have been a lot of members who had their doubts about my posts.

I liked your post. I agreed with your post. It was your post that helped me to decide what the correct interpretation was. I never doubted the intent of your post. I knew that, "by the defense", in your post, meant by a defensive player, but I just wanted to expound upon that a little, and include the actual wording of the rule (with the word "player"). I'm sure that 99.9% of Forum members that are officials fully understood your post, i.e., that you meant player, but I'm pretty sure that some nonofficial Forum members may have thought, even for a second, that the coach of the team on defense may have to be considered in the application of the continuous motion rule. In fact, the original poster may have had that question in his mind when his situation occurred:

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

Should I have give the FT shooter the first shot over again? I don't believe that the ball had left his hand when I blew.

I noticed that you went back and added something (that I also liked) to your post. Did you doubt something stated in your original post? Thinking that something in your original post may have needed further clarification? If not, why expound upon the original post?

As a retired teacher, one thing that I learned about teachable moments: Carpe diem (make use of the day).

You know what really makes this series of posts so odd? It's that BktBallRef, and, later, BillyMac, are both, I believe, by rule, 100% correct.