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Originally posted by rainmaker
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In the middle of the game, if this happened, you'd award the appropriate number of free-throws, toss B6, give the ball back to Team A after the free-throws and go on. The game would then be won or lost by whoever. But part of the original situation as described above is that Team A has their only chance to win taken away in a manner that is egregiously unsportsmanlike. B6 probably thinks he's clever to take the DQ, giving the shooting team only two shots for the T, and thereby winning the game for B. This sort of twisted logic must not be allowed to succeed. If there were any chance that team A might not hit enough foul shots to win, I'd forfeit.
Bob Jenkins, Did we agree that we couldn't forfeit? [/B][/QUOTE]Juulie,I'd like to make the following points:
1)Whether this happened in the middle of the game or at the very end,you should try to handle a situation like this consistently according to the direction of the rule book.
2)In this particular case,you have enough direction in the rule book to handle it appropriately without even resorting to R2-3.You can charge an original T to the bench player,under R10-4-2,for coming onto the floor.You can charge an additional T to the bench player,under R10-4-1,for committing an unsporting foul.You can make the 2nd T flagrant under R4-19-4.Doing it this way gives A a chance to win,punishes B for the egregious unsportsmanlike act,and can be explained explicitly by rule.
3)Any time that you go to R2-3 or a forfeit,you had better be ready to explain why you did so-to a league administrator or your referee supervisor-instead of using what's already in the rules.I don't think that you can come up with a good explanation in this case,especially when it's already covered elsewhere in the rules.
4)I can't speak for Bob Jenkins,but what I think he is referring to is R5-4-1.The language there states that you can only forfeit a game for REPEATED infractions which make a travesty of the game.This particular sitch contains one infraction only.Again,if there's language in the book covering a situation,I think you should use that language.