Both of these situations arose in a high school game.
I've gotten different opinions from the half dozen or so other officials
that I've asked about the first situation.
I had a game in which a player attempted to make a low lob pass; he
released the ball from behind the 3 point arc, and the
ball was batted by a player inside the 3 point arc (at least, I'm pretty
sure the player was inside). Upon the batting of the
ball, it rose perfectly and banked in. Is this a 3 point basket? It
was awarded as such, since it left from behind the arc,
and not a person questioned the call, yet I think it may have been
wrong. I've been told that the touching of the ball has
nothing to do with the awarded point value, regardless of where the
defensive player is located. Yet other refs state that I
have to decide whether the ball was released on a shot or a pass. This
doesn't necessarily make much sense, as a lob pass
(untouched) from the behind the arc would count as a 3 pointer if it
were to go in.
Secondly, in a game that I was not involved in but has been quite the
topic of conversation among officials here, a girl had blood
on her jersey and changed jerseys at halftime. She was NOT directed to
do so by the officials. Her number was thus changed,
and she reported it to the scorekeeper after the halftime break. She
did NOT, however, report the change to any official, and
neither did the scorer. In the fourth quarter, the situation was
brought to the officials' attention when this player committed a foul.
What is the penalty? A technical foul certainly seems correct, since
the change was not reported to the officials, but is it flagrant,
with an ejection, or is it an indirect to the head coach? Any help and
explanation you could offer would be most helpful.
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