Throw-in violations

[Hawkeyes]

This makes sense if I consider that a player stepping OB still has on court status during a live ball... Which is why a player can throw the ball off them even when they're OB.
However, since the ball has OB status - the player with the ball also does...? Therefore he can't touch a ball with OB status - if he is live...
Whats the penalty?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Hawkeyes

This makes sense if I consider that a player stepping OB still has on court status during a live ball...

What is "on court" status? A player (one of the five in the game for each team) may have either inbounds or out of bounds status. If anything is touching out of bounds, his status is out of bounds, whether anything is touching inbounds or not.

[BillyMac]

9-2-Note: The thrower may penetrate the plane provided he/she does not touch the inbounds
area or a player inbounds before the ball is released on the throw-in pass.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

9-2-Note: The thrower may penetrate the plane provided he/she does not touch the inbounds
area or a player inbounds before the ball is released on the throw-in pass.

Yeah, of course. Thanks, Billy. I should have known that was there without looking. But, just to continue to be difficult, why is this limiting factor mentioned only in the note? It seems as worthy of an article of its own as anything else.

The thrower shall not touch the inbounds area or a player inbounds before releasing the pass.