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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by wizard
I don't live to make 3 seconds my first call of the game. Especially for the kids. Because that coach will be demanding one called at the other end ASAP. Then it becomes a 3 second-fest. No thanks!
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Not necessarily.
Call it once early, at both ends, and you'll clean it up for the rest of the game.
There are coaches who will tell their players to stay in the lane until the officials finally call it the first time.
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Originally posted by gsf23
Well..if so many refs just don't want to call it then why not either get rid of it, or expand the time?
I think that was the point that DJ was trying to make.
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It hasn't been eliminated because each year, rough play is a POE. If we allow players to post up in the lane without any restrictions, rough play will continue to be a problem.
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BktBallRef,
Do you agree that most experience officials call most 3 second lane violations only after a good 4 to 5 seconds passes? If that is true, why not increase the limit to 5 seconds?
I think emphasis would have to be given: "There, we've increased the limit to 5 seconds, NOW CALL IT!" And there exits the possibility that with more '5 second' lane violations called the likelyhood of a decrease in rough play at the post would result?