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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
In response to Jurassic's use of bold print:
I'm going to give the most politically incorrect answer possible. I simply don't care whether there is a black-and-white justification for me to do so. I'm putting the time back on the clock and we're starting with 8:00 on the clock.
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Yup,and you would still be wrong, by rule.
And nobody in the free world would care, either, that you were wrong.I'd do the same thing, Rich.
This was just a nice little philosophical, what-if rules discussion. Not that much relationship to the real world.
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Oh, I misinterpreted then. Sorry. I've been a baseball umpire as long as I've been a basketball official (late 80s) and I'm used to rule sets that simply don't cover everything that happens in a game. Baseball's 9.01(c) is famous because it is the catch-all that covers that and I'm sure basketball has something similar, but I simply don't remember rule numbers the same way I do in baseball.
BTW, I used the smitty last night. Brought both the New Balance and my last pair of Run 'n Refs to the game in case the NB shoes hurt my feet and I needed to change out a halftime. Fat chance. The difference between the RnR shoes I bought in 1996 (I bought six pairs and broke this pair out last season) and the NB 609 shoes is like the difference between a Yugo and a BMW. It felt like I was wearing slippers (with support) out there. The RnR's are now officially retired.
Rich