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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB
I just wonder how prevalent it was for people calling violations for players going OOB under the old rule.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
I've been playing, coaching, watching, and officiating basketball since the mid-1960s, and I only observed the old rule called once.
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Never called it myself, but several years 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.
I have orally warned a few players, "Hey, don't do that".
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.
Foul called 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.