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Old Fri Nov 28, 2003, 01:28pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Rulebook vs. Reality

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Originally posted by bob jenkins


Jeff --

No one is saying the R has to notify the teams.
And you never heard me say that you never mention it to anyone to inform the teams. Just saying that much of the responsiblity falls with the people who are in charge of the game site or the people at the table.


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Originally posted by bob jenkins

But, the R has to be sure the teams are notified.

What do you do if you get back on the floor and one (or both) teams aren't there? I go to the table and ask if they notified the teams.
Again, if you do that it does not mean it has not already been done. I am not going worry myself all night because I did not specifically tell someone at this particular time to go get the teams. Sometimes it is the home team that is late.

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Originally posted by bob jenkins
If not, then someone goes and we, umm, make an allowance if they're late ocming back.
I treat this just like football, if I can see them coming out to the floor or playing field, I am not going to have a heart attack over it. The rules in football says that the Referee and the Umpire are suppose to go into the locker room and have our normal pregame meeting, but that never happens. I put this "responsiblity" in the same category.

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Originally posted by bob jenkins

If they've been notified and are still late (by more than 1 minute) coming back, then we can assess the T. I've never had to assess the T, but I have started the clock ticking.
This is the last thing I want to do. But usually they do not inform us to when to come onto the court, then informing the teams. There are many more times when the officials are late and coming onto the floor under a minute than the teams.

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