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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Smitty
Am I the only one who thinks it would be the right thing to do to count the basket and go from there? Neither official "stopped play" after the horn went off, so play goes on. Only a whistle stops the play. The refs were to blame for the situation - game awareness. How many times has a horn gone off inadvertently and you just tell the kids to play on? The rule that was quoted previously is irrelevant because the refs never stopped the play with a whistle.
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Disagree completely. You just gave one team a heckuva unfair advantage. Obviously the other team completely stopped playing defense on this play, as Weekend Ref pointed out. The spirit and intent of the rules are to always have a FAIR contest out there. Your solution can hardly be called "fair"- especially when there is some rules language available that will enable you to be fair.
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But the original post said this was a
High School Varsity fall league /scrimmage last night . I would tend to agree with you if this was a middle school game, but Varsity players should certainly know better. Using your same logic, why penalize the kid who was head's up enough to shoot the ball?