[rainmaker]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
Don't allow a team to:

Run through the opponents warm-up
Run around the opponent's end of the floor.
Go to the center circle during introductions.

There have been problems with those things in different areas across the country over the past couple of years. Running around the opponent's end of the floor is more of an intimidation factor than anything else.

I can see that the intimidation factor would be an issue, although I haven't seen much of a reaction to it in the games I do.

So help me define "run around the opponent's end of the floor." I'm thinking we can set this up as though the playing floor is a clock that I'm looking down on. If Home Team A's basket is at 12:00 then Visiting Team B's basket is at 6:00. Everyone following so far?

Now, if A's dressing room door is at 7:00, they should run straight ahead up past 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 onto their own half, right?

Okay, so if instead they continue around the outside past 10:00, and past 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 and then at 3:00 curl back onto their own half of the floor, that's still okay, right?

So far, so good. Alternatively, if they were to continue around the outside past 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, and so on back around, that seems to me to be obviously one of the situations we're talking about here.

But there are a few gray areas. What if, as they come out of the dressing room and immeidately turn right, passing around the outside of the opponent's end of the floor past 6:00, 5:00, 4:00 and then onto their own half of the floor at 3:00?

Now change the floor plan. What if Team A's dressing room is not near Team B's basket, but at 11:00? They would not be allowed to run all the way around the floor once? They should run directly onto their own half of the floor, or at most, run under their own basket and curl back onto their half before the 3:00 place?

Sub-category B question: If we see this situation developing, do we step onto the court at the crucial moment and set up a roadblock? Do we warn coaches (or who?) ahead of time that this is a new rule, and we'll be enforcing it with a T? Do we warn that next game they'll get a T? How do we follow through on that?

I'm not asking to be a smart-aleck, I just want to do it right. Also, I know that the various details of this may vary somewhat from region to region, and I may not do exactly as you would, but I want to get into the ball-park. I'm also going to ask these questions of my own commissioner.