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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
It is an unfortunate event for a referee to deny you the chance to win the game fairly.
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It's a bit extreme to claim that this was a case where the referee denied anyone the chance to win the game by starting the clock when the timeout was over. That's a stretch in most circumstances.
I worked several different summer leages and tournaments this summer and almost every one of them had subtle and not so subtle differences in their "special" rules that differed from NFHS rules. From weekend to weekend it was difficult to remember which "special" rules were in effect. Sometimes you forget one of those "special" rules or you remember how it was done the weekend before and deal with it the same way. Stuff happens.
But it is summer league and it isn't THAT important in the grand scheme of things that this one thing was missed in a girl's 9th/10th summer league game. I'm sure once the ref in question re-read the league rules after the fact, he realized he was wrong. But in no way did he deny anyone the chance to win the game by starting the clock when he did. Seems like this coach is blowing things a bit out of proportion on this.