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Originally posted by lrpalmer3
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Mark, exactly what rule did you use to take away the points?
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There's a rule about the officials making judgements on situations not covered in the rulebook. An official can always bail him/herself out with that one.
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Uh,no, you can't use R2-3 (the rule that you are referring to) if it negates a rule that is already in the rule book. You can only use R2-3 if there actually is NO rule covering the play. Rule 5-1-1 says
"A goal is made when a live ball enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through". That's exactly what happened in MTD Sr.'s case, isn't it? How can you now say that that play isn't covered in the rules? Correctible errors, under R2-10, aren't applicable in that case either. If you want to take the basket away, you better have a rule that will back up your doing so. There isn't a rule that will do that.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jun 9th, 2004 at 12:08 PM]