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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Good grief. Here’s what you do. The calling official’s call stands. In this case, the calling official determined the penalty for the foul was bonus free throws. The R decided to overrule that call and have a spot throw-in instead. He overruled the other official, this is not allowed by rule.
In this case, when the officials disagree, the calling official makes the choice. It’s the same thing every time the officials disagree (OOB, fouls, etc.); except in one instance.
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You are wise beyond your years, Snaqs.
You must be a Yankees fan.
And if both officials do happen to make a call at the same time, then they
must decide between themselves what the final call will be- again except for the instance mentioned by Snaqs above and one other particular instance.
To sum up, for anybody that cares, because I get the feeling that OLD School isn't going to look it up for us...
- if the officials disagree about whether a basket should count or not, they get together and try to reach a consensus. If they can't, the R can then make the final decision- in
this particular instance only. That's what Snaqs was referring to.
- if the timer and scorer(s) disagree on something, then the R can decide. The R can also correct obvious timing errors and bookkeeping mistakes.
- if 2 officials make different calls at approximately the same time on the same play, then they
must decide between themselves which call they're going to go with. The R does
not have the authority to make his own decision in a case like this. The exception to this is if each official called a foul on different players involved in the same play--i.e. on a block/charge. In this case, if the officials can't agree, then each player will be charged with a foul. Again though, the R can not step in and make a decision.
It ain't rocket science. It's just rules that you should know.