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Originally posted by rockyroad
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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?
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[font = devil's advocate]Actually no, it's not. Since the coach's action was deemed to be unsportsmanlike, his action caused the ball to become dead. Therefore, even tho it passed thru the basket, no points are awarded.[/font]
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You know, I might buy that if they blew the whistle and waved the basket off right away...but that's not what happened. They had a conversation between themselves and the coach,and THEN decided to disallow the points and T the coach...so not buying that either...and Rger can't PITCH at anyone anymore, but can he still throw pieces of bats at people????
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Still, the action which caused the whole incident kills the ball even if the whistle is late and even if the refs have to talk about it first. If you were to consider this a T for unsportsmanlike conduct and it truly disadvantaged the defense, how could you permit the points to be scored? Late whistles don't mean a late dead ball, just that the ref was slow signaling it.