Thread: AP screw-up
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Old Tue Feb 05, 2008, 02:07pm
JoeTheRef JoeTheRef is offline
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Originally Posted by ref18
OK, so I was doing a kids game the other day.

It was my 6th game of the day (did a couple of JV games earlier), it was late at night, my mind was so unfocused.

Called a jump ball, wrong team inbounded, goes down the court, goes up for a shot, gets fouled and scores. That's when I realize what I did.

So what should you do in that situation? What does the book say should happen?
Disallow the basket. Report the foul. If you can remember what the exact time was prior to the throw-in, have the timekeeper to put that time back on the clock. Apologize to the coaches, players and fans, and then readminister the throw-in to the correct team. Last but not least, take less games, if 6 games is clouding your judgement.
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