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Originally posted by crew
i would give b a delay of game warning. they do it again delay of game tech. giving a team a cheap score is just.................cheap! try to do every thing possible to keep the game fair. would you give team A the ball in a tie game with 3 sec. on the clock 4th qtr. if yes and i was your partner i would blow my whistle and stop you!
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First, under both NFHS and NCAA rules, the resume play protocols are to be used to put the ball back into play after time outs. They apply only for putting the ball back into play after a timeout.
Second, there are only three official delay of game warnings, and they are only for games played under NFHS rules. These delay of game warnings are found in R4-S46-A1,
A2, and A3. None of these delay of game warnings have anything to do with the resume play protocols for after a timeout. After a timeout, the game is resumes per these protocols and there are no delay of game warnings involved.
Third, we will have a very good pregame discussion about the correct way to handle the resume play protocols. And that we are going to follow them and not do something that is incorrect per the rules.
Fourth, giving the ball to Team A for a throw-in when Team B is delaying their return to the court after a timeout is not a cheap score. Some preventative officiating is required in your pregame with the captains; the captains are ultimately responsible for getting their teams out of the huddle after a timeout, and you have to let them know that you expect them to break their huddles on the first horn because the ball is going to be put into play after the second horn. Good officiating dictates that if the team is breaking is coming out onto the floor during the second horn you use good common sense about putting the ball into play. But if the second horn sounds and the administering official sounds his whistle and Team B is still in its huddle and A1 is ready to make the throw-in, put the ball into play. Team B will let it happen only once. The real problem is when you have not had any problems with the teams for the entire game and then you have a team delay after a timeout when the score is tied and only three seconds left in the game. You really want to go that extra second or two before you put the ball into play after the second horn.
Fifth, even when the score is tied with three seconds left in the game, there comes a time when you have grab the tail by the tail and face the situation. Which means if you have gone the extra second and Team B is still in the huddle then put the ball in play. If the ball is not put into play then you award Team B for violating the rules and that puts Team A at a disadvantage.
Sixth, if I have gone the extra second and you blow the whistle, after I have put the ball at the disposable of Team A for the throw-in, to prevent Team A from getting a cheap score, you are are going to find yourself in big trouble with me after the game. Nothing steams me more when I am ready to put the ball into play and my partner will whistle me to stop play because the opposing coach tells a player to report into the game. I am ready to put the ball into play and the substitute is just getting up from the bench. This is not allowed under the rules but far too many officials delay the ball from becoming live because they want to appear to be a nice guy and let the substitute into the game.
We get ourselves into trouble when we attempt to use common sense without using the rules as our guide.