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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by IAABO_Ref
If the home school administration says We are not putting a box down. You as the referee say, Well then you better get on the PA system and tell everyone why the game isnt starting. I bet youll see some tape getting put down very quick.
Rule 2.4.1
The Referee SHALL:
Article 1:
Inspect and APPROVE all equipment, including COURT, baskets, ball, backboards and timers and scores signal.
Rule 1.13.2 says that the coaching box shall be outlined
So now lets say that you walk out onto the floor and the free throw lane markings are not on the floor. Are you going to say well tonight I guess were not going to have anyone line-up for free throws. Because the home team cant rebound so they dont want to put the markings down.
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We have to have a FT lane to play the game. We don't have to have a coaching box. We will survive.
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I knew Id find a taker.
What gives you the right to say on line means less then the other?
Isnt it our job as officials to insure that both teams have an equal chance to win by the rules ALL the rules?
Per the rule book the coaching box markings are worded the same way as any other rule about court markings.
As to the importance of the coaching box rule, Ive yet to see an official issue a coach a T direct or indirect and say, Its only the coaching box he can stand anyway it makes no difference.
Ill take this one step more. Have ten people sitting down and have one of them yell something. Then have one person stand and yell. You can pickup the person standing much easier.
So yes you can get by. But you as the referee are not doing your job, youre giving the home team an advantage by allowing them to say whether the visiting coach CAN DO HIS/HER JOB to the best of his/her ability. Something they have no right to do BY THE RULES.
The problem would be very easy to fix. The first home game have the officials walk out onto the floor and say, Mr/Ms AD (home team management) we need to have the coaches boxes put down tonight before we start. The referee may very well get some guff. The next set of officials walk in and the referee goes over and says the same thing. The referee may get some more guff but not as much as the first. Third set same thing. But Ill bet you by the fourth or fifth time the officials will not need to say anything because the home team will have them down.
[Edited by IAABO_Ref on Jan 3rd, 2006 at 09:11 PM]