[BillyMac]

Jurassic Referee: I'm sorry if I confused you with my recent post to this thread. As I reread the post "are we utilizing the Tower Philosophy or the philsophy of advantage disadvantage here" should have actually read "are you utilizing the Tower Philosophy or the philsophy of advantage disadvantage here".

In my opinion, this specific situation does not require the use of the advantage disadvantage principle because of a principle that I don't think is covered by any NFHS or IAABO (my affiliation) rule, case book play, or interpretation: "Call the obvious".

I was simply trying to find out if Nevadaref was not going to call this (possible) violation because of an official rule interpretation which, in my mind, would have required a rule, case book, or official interpretation citation, or if Nevadaref was passing on this (possible) violation because of an advantage disadvantage philosophy.

Jurassic Referee: It would be interesting for me to find out exactly how you would call the original play cited in this thread. I'm talking about a real game situation where this instantly happened on the side of the lane that you are responsible for covering during a foul shot without the advantage of being a Monday morning quarterback or the benefit of hindsight: Would you interpret the hand in the lane as leaving a marked lane space ? If not, how would you use the rules to explain your interpretation to a polite coach ? If so, how would you use the rules to explain your interpretation to a polite coach ? If you believed that a violation had occurred (barring a made basket, disconcertion, or any other odd occurence), would you pass on the call due to advantage disadvantage principle ? Would you utilize the "call the obvious" that a lot of officials use in their pregame conference.

Finally, I can't believe that Rusty's original thread hasn't generated more interest from the Forum. Rusty's play should have opened up a giant can of worms: Foot crossing the plane of the lane line ? Leaving a marked lane space ? Play that may not be covered by the rules ? Is this play already covered by the rules ? Advantage disadvantage ? Call the obvious ? Are many of us on vacation ? Is this microphone working ?

I would really like to know what the correct call is on this play. I think I'm right but I'm not more than 80% sure. Are there any association or board interpreters out there who can give us the 100% NFHS interpretation on this play ? Please.