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Originally posted by Junker
How do you know when this puts B at a disadvantage? I understand where you're coming from in doing this, but where is this in the rules? If it unintentionally rolls away, it's B's responisiblity to hustle and go get it. I have to say the ball would really have to get away from a team for me to stop play on this.
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I am not going to speak for someone else. I will only talk about what I would do. I am sure when he talks about unintentionally rolls away, I am sure the ball bounced off of someone or was kicked inadvertently to where a player could not get to the ball easily. In those cases you should use common sense and either stop the clock or not be in a big hurry to start you 5 second count. That is common sense officiating. I personally do not care what the rule says either way. Part of our job is to use some common sense and not to go out of our way to find a violation when something like this happens and is somewhat common.
Peace