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Originally Posted by Snake~eyes
Wrong - simply not true. ANY penalty can be declined, this is a football fundamental. Often times we don't ask the team since its automatic that they will accept it but the team does have the option to decline it. Look it up.
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FWIW (and I know I'm coming into this late), the DISTANCE part of any penalty can be declined. (I.e., if you eject the visiting coach for two USC penalties, the home team can't say - 'nah, we want him to stay.')
Also, Chuck, I'm not sure if you've sent in the form yet, but I'd love to see the clock stopped after made baskets in the last minute of play.
5-8 would have to be changed to the following:
Time-out occurs and the clock, if running, shall be stopped when:
ART. 1 . . .
An official signals:
a. A foul.
b. A held ball.
c. A violation.
ART. 2 . . .
An official stops play:
a. Because of an injury as in 3-3-5, 6.
b. To confer with the scorer or timer.
c. Because of unusual delay in getting a dead ball live.
d. For any other situations or any emergency.
ART. 3 . . .
An official grants a player's/head coach's oral or visual request for a time-out, such request being granted only when:
a. The ball is in control or at the disposal of a player of his/her team.
b. The ball is dead, unless replacement of a disqualified, or injured player (s), or a player directed to leave the game is pending, and a susbstitute(s) is available and required.
ART. 4 . . .
An official responds to the scorer's signal to grant a coach's request that a correctable error, as in 2-10, or a timing, scoring or alternating-posession mistake be prevented or rectified. The appeal to the official shall be presented at the scorer's table where a coach of each team may be present.
ART. 5 . . . After a made basket:
a. If the clock displays tenths of a second, when 59.9 seconds or less remains in the fourth quarter or in any overtime period.
b. If the clock does not display tenths of a second, when 59 seconds or less remains in the fourth quarter or in any overtime period.
In addition, 2-12-6 would have to be modified:
ART. 6 . . . Stop the clock at the expiration of time for each quarter or extra period,
---and--- when an official signals time-out, as in
5-8-1 through 5-8-4 and when a basket is scored in the last minute of the fourth quarter or any overtime period, as in 5-8-5. For an intermission or charged time-out, start the stopwatch and signal the referee as outlined in Article 5.
I would also want to come up with a proposal for foul-buzzer-shot, but I want to know that you're still accepting applications before typing up that one.
