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Originally posted by zebraman
It happened twice. That isn't "again and again." I respect your opinion and judgment based on many of your posts here. What would you have done?
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I don't think anyone here is beating you up for how you handled it. And I haven't read a post where anyone has advocated calling a technical foul based on what happened.
What we're saying is that by rule, you cannot give the shooter another FT. If the case book play didn't exist, you could could invoke 2-3. But that's only used when the rules do not cover a situation. This case play is clearly meant to cover situations where a supporter uses an artificial noisemaker to disrupt the FT shooter. That's clearly what the case play addressees and that's clearly what happened in this play.
What would I have done? I would have asked game management to address the situation, just as you did. But I would not have given the player a replacement FT. You set a precedent. For example:
Let's say later in the game the score is tied at 65 with 2 seconds left. A1 is at the FT line. A team A fan sounds an air horn just as the FT is released. He knows that if the shot is missed, you're going to give him another FT. If he makes it, no harm, because you aren't going to wave it off.
Point is that if you do this once, you now have to do it every time this happens. Then you're also faced with how much noise is too much noise? What if it's rocks in a coffee can? That's just as illegal as the air horn. Are you going to give another FT if someone violately shakes a coffe can of rocks? I realize this is all hypothetical but not following the rule will get you in trouble eventually. The case play does not allow you to give a replacement FT.