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Originally posted by Dribble
Consider this case:
In some NCAA games, one official will come out at 30min. prior to tip-off; thus, jurisdiction starts at that point. He/she then returns to the dressing room until 15min. If a fight breaks out during that interval, how would you deal with it?
Same goes for the situation where the entire crew comes on the floor, then leaves for the dressing room until a set point in time.
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Jurisdiction starts when the official(s) first come onto the floor before the start of the game. The officials now have continuous jurisdiction until they terminate their jurisdiction, by rule, at the completion of the game. During their jurisdiction, it doesn't matter if they are on the court or not--ex.->halftime--, their jurisdiction still continues.
If a fight breaks out during your jurisdiction but not within your actual vision, you just do the best you can. You can't really deal with something you haven't actually witnessed. I think that about all you can do in that situation is take down the stories of the table crew, game management, etc., and pass them onto the league administration. You can deal with what you actually see, but I really don't think that you want to take drastic action unless you actually knew what really happened.
If I come back out into a situation where the players have been fighting and maybe a coupla fans have gotten into it, I would really think about suspending that game. Not forfeiting it--suspending it and then letting the league deal with it.