And sometimes it is.:D

Never without any further action. :)

When?

4-43-3 c

But let's not digress...we were just playing word games.

Too late. :)

I figured that's what you meant.

That is Adam's whole point though (at least I think it is), just lifting the pivot is not a travel. An interpretation saying as much would be the same as this interpretation on backcourt.

(And it's 4-44-3-c this year :))

I guess I can't go wrong with either ruling since no one can come to the conclusion whether it's back court or not.

Only one ruling makes any sense and it isn't the one in the interpretation. There are several examples where the interpretation is simply illogical and inconsistent with both the clearly written rule how the game is played and had been called for decades. The interpretation was simply pulled out of thin air by someone on the committee after they had too many drinks one night and it got through because no one was paying attention. If that was what they really wanted, they would have reworded the rule so it didn't contradict. The only reason it hasn't been retracted is that they hope it fades away quietly without having to admit it was a screw up....sort of like that ridiculous IAABO interpretation we discusses a month or so ago.

Peter Webb
Art Hyland
John Adams

Those three say unequivocally that it is a backcourt violation. That is a lot of clout.

I've not seen those three state that.

Plus, the NCAA wording of the rule is different in such a way that it might be interpreted that way....but not the NFHS.

Have you asked? I asked them last year, 2012-2013.

Why should I? None of them have any jurisdiction over the level the interpretation was made at. There are several others here who's opinions matter just as much to me that agree that the interpretation makes on sense.

Is there documentation for this? Because this is not how the college rule is written.

I know IAABO is the bane of many's existence here, but we were told in a meeting just last month NOT to give this signal.

Perhaps this scenario is one of the reasons.

The tipped signal should be given once the ball is deflected by the defense and the ball is in the backcourt.