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Yesterday I was working an AAU 9th grade semi final game. Team A has just scored. Team B picks up the ball. I hear "TIME OUT" ! I look over my shoulder to notice it is Team A calling time out.
I ignore the request for a time out and we play on. The next time A gets the ball they call time out and want to know why we did not give them the time out since the ball was not inbounded yet. Explained to them B had the ball but they did not like the call.
At the end of the game The Assistant for A came over and truly was asking about the rule. Since we were at a point where officials were swapping out we had 5 officials there who heard the conversation. We all told him it was a live ball, B had it, and trying to be simple we told him it was not any different than any other time a player had a live ball in his possession in bounds or OOB. He left satisfied.
Just as we were about to start another game he came back and said. I ve been told to bet you guys a 100 dollars that all six are wrong. The high school varsity coach who was one of the sponsors told him that our interp. was not right and that he should bet us 100 dollars.
My partner who was done for the day had his rule books in his bag and being such an upstanding, honest guy told him he was not going to take his money because it was too easy.
I almost wish he had taken it we could have gone to dinner and had something good to eat. ...
Oh well things we do in the name of honetsy and ethics!
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