Revised Brain Teaser

[MD Longhorn]

Well, there are, I guess, 2 ways to look at In vs Out of bounds - neither of which changes the way you would rule on this. And you are right - "Inbounds" is not really a rulebook term.

1 way is saying that there are only 2 statuses - Out of Bounds and NOT Out of bounds. A player currently contacting something out of bounds is out of bounds... everyone else is simply "Not out of bounds", including the player in the OP.

The other way is saying that a player can be In bounds, Out of bounds, or neither. I don't think that thinking of it this way changes the way you'd rule on any play, including the OP. Again - "in bounds" really means nothing. "In bounds" and "Neither in nor out" are treated, in all cases I can think of, as the same thing. All that really matters is whether a player is CURRENTLY out of bounds. The player in the OP is not.