[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by JimGrillo
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Originally posted by refTN
Just to back the guys in the game up, the monitor could not be used because the game was not being televised therefore the guys could not have gone to the monitor.
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Uhhmmmmm....no. The rules do not say where the video has to go.

They just say how we can use it if available.

Dan, Look at the rule closer...

2-5-2 At the end of either half or at the end of any extra period, the officials after making a call on the playing court shall use replay equipment, videotape or television monitoring that is located on a designated courtside table (i.e., within approximately 3 to 12 feet of the playing court), when such equipment is available,

Since the game in question was not on television, there was likely no monitor at courtside, or anywhere else “within approximately 3 to 12 feet of the playing court.” Local TV Cameras shooting for the 11 o’clock news and the home team’s video are usually not hooked up to monitors and many times they are set up in the top row of the bleachers or along the endline.

This, of course, does not change the fact that the officials apparently erred. I do suspect, however, that the refs would have looked at a replay if it were possible and legal to do so.

Jim, I agree there's not likely to be a monitor if the game isn't broadcast. I was just pointing out it's not a requirement for the game to be broadcast for a monitor to be available under the rules (IOW I was playing the part of the smug know-it-all )