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Originally Posted by BillyMac
"You do not use advantage/disadvantage on violations."
We are 99% in agreement. I just think that your statement is too general, and, in my opinion, is not supported, in this general form, by written rule, although, I will admit, is does seem to be supported by written case book interpretations.
.... I'm ignoring the violation if a free throw shooter uses twelve seconds to release his, or her shot. I'm also going to ignore the violation by a player who gets "lost" in the lane for four seconds, not posting up anybody, not preparing to set a screen for a teammate, just standing with one foot outside the lane, and the other foot on elbow, although I may warn such a player to "Get out of the lane".
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The two violations that you listed above are the only two violations that possibly could be said to be officiated through advantage/disadvantage. However, note that if you
DO warn, you should only be warning that player
ONCE. You don't give them
carte blanche to take as long as they want on
all free throws or roost in the lane
every time down the court.
That I agree with. However, a
general statement that advantage/disadvantage only applies to contact is completely correct imo.
Otherwise, you get officials who try to apply that philosophy to
ALL violations at
ALL levels. Case in point....this thread. That does nothing but hurt all of us imo.