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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by blindzebra
I hit 2 on my count as the intended thrower gets there and gets a pass directly into his feet, and the ball goes to the wall a good 15 feet away.
Instinctively I suspended my count until the kid retrieved the ball and picked it back up at 3.
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Serious T-day indigestion is at stake.
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blindzebra,
I would have continued the count so I was not rewarding a stoopid player with the advantage. That's an intent of the rule, I think, to deny a team from using up time [while leading]. The game clock was ticking, wasn't it? The losing team didn't like that, did they?
QED, no indigestion. 
mick
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I don't feel I was rewarding a stoopid player that was trying to delay to keep the clock moving.
I had five scrubs...on the team ahead...holding their own against the starters for the other team with a couple of minutes left. I had a couple of kids that did not know what they were supposed to be doing, and an awful pass. Not some devious attempt to run an extra 5 seconds off the game clock.
I forgot to add that the team behind was not even pressing, they had dropped to pick up at half-court and trap.
In reflection, I might have actually made the game closer, because the winning coach put back a couple of starters after a turnover and a 3 point play at the other end with around a minute left.