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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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In this situation, if the official stopped the clock and issued a team warning, it would allow the team to benefit from the tactic."
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You can't penalise a coach for using the current rules to his advantage.
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I'm not sure I would call it, I just said I would be tempted.
My main point, though, was that the casebook specifically says that the ruling is in place to keep a team from benefiting by breaking the rule. The spirit of the rule (jeez, here we go again, right?
) seems to be that you shouldn't be able to get an advantage from breaking the delay rules. That's why ruling an immediate T is tempting. It's also why the NBA changed their delay rule. But you're right -- by rule, it's legal.
Chuck