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Originally Posted by CoachJW
Now Team A is down by 1 point, but the clock is at about 3 seconds when the ball goes through.
(A) as soon as it goes through the net, A2 grabs it and tosses it toward the bleachers.
Or...
(B) B1 grabs the ball and steps out of bounds. A4 is standing about 15 feet away from B1 and uses his arms to break the plane of the baseline.
Basically, Team A is desparately trying to get called for a delay of game. It's their only chance to stop the clock and make Team B inbound the ball one more time.
The NFHS case book (9.2.10) has a comment that officials are supposed to ignore this action. I presented this to a veteran official in our area, and he was surprised it was in there. He said he would probably still whistle and call the delay.
How many of you would ignore this tactic, as instructed in the case book? Would you treat (A) and (B) differently?
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The official may be a veteran but he has one heckuva lot to learn.
The FED provided us with a very explicit and germane case play that tells us exactly what to do in both (A) and (B) above. Case plays are rules. Your veteran official is telling you he would ignore the rules. That's not a good idea in this situation.
The case play was put in to deal with certain plays where a team could gain an unfair advantage not intended by the delay rules. Iow, the FED closed the loophole.