Backcourt violation?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Saying "there has to be player control in the frontcourt" is accurate.

Depending on the play, no it isn't. Note that A doesn't even need to touch the ball in the FC and you could have a violation.

[jeremy341a]

Why does 9-9-1 say there must be player control in the front court when there are interps that say otherwise? Should the rule be modified or are the interpretations wrong?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why does 9-9-1 say there must be player control in the front court when there are interps that say otherwise? Should the rule be modified or are the interpretations wrong?

They keep jacking the rule up trying to fix the mistakes they didn't know they made by adding TC to the throw in.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Depending on the play, no it isn't. Note that A doesn't even need to touch the ball in the FC and you could have a violation.

Sorry for my lack of clarity in my reply; the response I was replying to and quoting was specifically referencing a throw-in.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Sorry for my lack of clarity in my reply; the response I was replying to and quoting was specifically referencing a throw-in.

Fair enough. This thread has meandered across all sorts of plays and I more-than-kind-of lost track.

But, it does show a little why BC/FC can be so confusing (to address another thread) -- one person can make an "absolute" statement and mean it to apply to a particular play being discussed and another person takes it as applying to a different play and then kicks the rule.

[Raymond]

Subsequent a try or a throw-in there must be Player Control, either in the backcourt or frontcourt, before you can have a backcourt violation.

Absent that Player Control, there can be no backcourt violation.