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I have always wondered about the "actionless contest" rule. I officiated a varsity boys basketball game earlier this year in which A1 stood near the division line in his front court with somewhere between 2:00 and 2:30 left on the clock in the first quarter and Team B stayed back in its zone defense and both teams essentially let the quarter run out (while the fans of both teams booed) since A1 did not initiate play until 10 seconds was left in the quarter.
I suppose one distinction from the OP in this thread is that in my scenario both teams participated in the "actionless contest," whereas in the OP, one team could do nothing about it as only one team did not want to "play." However, the rule does not say anything about not permitting an actionless contest "unless both teams agree."
It's all so silly....
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