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Originally posted by crew
i have actually had this happen in a highschool game and a college game. in both cases i just scored the basket and played on. the players in both situations were trying to block the shot missed and hit the backboard very hard. the result was a very shaky backboard and the ball rimmed out. the rule book covers intentionally slapping the backborad, not incidental. elasticity(something not specifically covered by the rules) would extend to cover this situation in my opinion. scoring the basket is what makes sense, it will not get you in trouble by coaches nor supervisors. i would not dice this play up to much nor be so pure as to issue a tech., keep it simple.
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Crew, I was working an NCAA game and we had this in a game. I was lead, partners at T and C. T awarded the basket. After the game, an evaluator came into the locker room and ripped the T up one side and down the other. His point was it can't be BI under any definition and there is nothing that allows the counting of the goal. If it was a legitimate attempt to block, play on. I found out later that the coach whose team had the goal counted against him later sent the tape of the game to our supervisor and our supervisor pulled a week's worth of games from the T official for "making up rules as he went along". I agree that a tech isn't issued but right now there is nothing that allows you to count it.