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Leaving The Court For An Unauthorized Reason ...
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Originally Posted by SC Official
No one ever enforced the "leaving the court for an unauthorized reason" verbiage.
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Never called it myself, but few years ago (maybe it was a few decades ago) I had an offensive player run out of bounds around a screen, and he almost ran me over as the lead official. It surprised me, and I let it go, but vowed to call the violation the next time he did it. After a switch after a foul, my partner was now the lead on the same endline and made the call without me telling him anything about the situation.
Over forty-plus years, I've called a few violations for players who step out of bounds in an attempt to avoid a three second violation.
Called a foul on a player (not her fifth foul) who's body language showed that she was upset with the official who made the foul call and then ran off the court (not waiting for a substitute) straight into the locker room. After checking with the coach that it was for an unauthorized reason (not a bathroom break, injury, etc.) we charged her with the technical foul. Seen this called only once in forty-plus years.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Mon May 15, 2023 at 03:32pm.
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