[cypercat]

New to the to this section of the board. I am usually over at the softball and baseball forums. However today I saw a play that I was wondering how it you would handle it.

This is on a 6th grade team. Playing in tournament. Score is 34 for Team A and 33 for Team B. In this league there is a rule that with less than a minute to go in the game on a dead ball throw in the clock does not start until offensive team crosses half court. No pressing is allowed.

There are 15.4 seconds left on clock. Team A inbounds the ball and goes up the court crosses the center line and throws it into the center. Pass is stolen by team B who immediately calls time out. Ref 1 calls the time out. Teams walk over to benches. Ref 1 realizes that the timekeeper had been running the clock. He ask that 4 seconds be put back on the clock. Saying that only 2 second should have gone off the clock before the change of possesion.

Teams are like OK and they start to setup. Ref 2 comes over and saids that is a correctable error and puts the time back on the clock but also gives the ball back to team A. Team B goes crazy. They lose the possesion plus the timeout according to the 2nd ref. 1st ref disagrees. 2nd ref is older so the 1st ref backs down.

What should have been the correct call. Just wondering.

cypercat