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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by johnny1784
Use "advantage/disadvantage" by holding your whistle to see the play through. If the offense loses possession or A1 misses the shot, blow your whistle for a violation on B1 but if A1 scores, and then ignore the violation.
No advantages gained by the defender or in case the offensive player leaves the court for an unauthorized reason, use the same method.
Do remember... there is no time limit on a whistle.
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Wow! No time limit on a whistle? Wait for 4-5-6 seconds on this play to see whether the shot went in or not after the defender went OOB, and if it didn't, you then call the violation? Don't think so!
Use advantage/disadvantage if an offensive player leaves the court for an unauthorized reason too? There's no way in hell that was the purpose and intent when this rule was implemented. The rulesmakers put this rule in to try and stop players from leaving the court for unauthorized reasons. The only judgement we have on this call is whether the player's reason for leaving the floor was legit or not. If we rule it wasn't, we call the violation. We don't wait until later.
Bad, bad, bad advice imo.
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This is exactly why creating a (more-or-less) new category of infraction -- namely the defensive violation -- is a problem. It hasn't been well thought out in these terms. With the defensive kick, defense gains an advantage, and the whistle takes that away. But in the case of the defender stepping oob around a screen as a way to take away an obvious advantage, there's no way to counteract the illegal advantage gained. The rules require us to give the defense the illegal advantage.
It isn't like it's going to happen very often, but the one time it does, it'll be a huge issue. I wish they'd change it BEFORE someone loses a game because of it. But I don't expect they will.