Just couldn’t wait

Back In The Saddle

As in The Princess and the P? 😛

Back In The Saddle

Vinski wrote
Had this weird/funny situation the other evening. We have a close matchup of 6th grade girls. All is going fine until just after we start the second half. I do a count before administering and all 10 are present and accounted for. I give a tweet and hand the ball to the thrower to start the game. Well, after about 30 seconds of play or so, I notice we only have 4 players of team A. I stop play and try to find out what happened. Well, a team A player just couldn’t wait and had dashed off to the bathroom. Not sure how we missed her escape, but we did 😮. Anyway, I told the coach we had to have another player out here. So he puts one at the table and we continue.

Now, all I could think of was that the player left the court without authorization. 9-3-2. so we just gave the ball to the other team.
Is that pretty much it? No technicals or anything else?

Too funny, thanks for a good laugh.

BTW, in my game, if a youngster needs to go that badly, she's got my authorization. 😉

Vinski

Mark Padgett wrote
Should have called a "P". :p

An intentional "P" or a fragrant "P"? 🙂

Adam

Vinski wrote
Had this weird/funny situation the other evening. We have a close matchup of 6th grade girls. All is going fine until just after we start the second half. I do a count before administering and all 10 are present and accounted for. I give a tweet and hand the ball to the thrower to start the game. Well, after about 30 seconds of play or so, I notice we only have 4 players of team A. I stop play and try to find out what happened. Well, a team A player just couldn’t wait and had dashed off to the bathroom. Not sure how we missed her escape, but we did 😮. Anyway, I told the coach we had to have another player out here. So he puts one at the table and we continue.

Now, all I could think of was that the player left the court without authorization. 9-3-2. so we just gave the ball to the other team.
Is that pretty much it? No technicals or anything else?

Go POI. If you didn't see her leave, you can't call the violation. Aside from that, as BITS said.... Consider it authorized. You gonna make her ask permission?

Vinski

Snaqwells wrote
Go POI. If you didn't see her leave, you can't call the violation. Aside from that, as BITS said.... Consider it authorized. You gonna make her ask permission?

Not at all. Just glad she didn’t have an accident.

Mark Padgett

Vinski wrote
Not at all. Just glad she didn’t have an accident.

Then you could have called her for an illegal dribble. 😛

Yeesh - enough potty humor already. Who started this? 😠

mick

Vinski wrote
Had this weird/funny situation the other evening. We have a close matchup of 6th grade girls. All is going fine until just after we start the second half. I do a count before administering and all 10 are present and accounted for. I give a tweet and hand the ball to the thrower to start the game. Well, after about 30 seconds of play or so, I notice we only have 4 players of team A. I stop play and try to find out what happened. Well, a team A player just couldn’t wait and had dashed off to the bathroom. Not sure how we missed her escape, but we did 😮. Anyway, I told the coach we had to have another player out here. So he puts one at the table and we continue.

Now, all I could think of was that the player left the court without authorization. 9-3-2. so we just gave the ball to the other team.
Is that pretty much it? No technicals or anything else?

No advantage.
Get a replacement.

BillyMac

Snaqwells wrote
Consider it authorized. You gonna make her ask permission?

She should have raised her hand(s). One hand up for #1. Two hands up for #2.

Mark Padgett

BillyMac wrote
She should have raised her hand(s). One hand up for #1. Two hands up for #2.

It's a good think she didn't have to go #6 cause that's an illegal number. 😮

Adam

Vinski wrote
Not at all. Just glad she didn’t have an accident.

Why, was she on her cell phone, too?

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Five or six years ago in the first half of a semi-finals game of the Ohio Special Olympics State Championship, A1 was dribbling the up court in Team A's backcourt when A2 runs up to A-HC and tells him that he has to use the restroom. I immediatly stopped the game and told A-HC that A2 was considered an injured player that needed to be replaced. Nobody complained about my definition of an injured player.

MTD, Sr.

mick

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. wrote
Five or six years ago in the first half of a semi-finals game of the Ohio Special Olympics State Championship, A1 was dribbling the up court in Team A's backcourt when A2 runs up to A-HC and tells him that he has to use the restroom. I immediatly stopped the game and told A-HC that A2 was considered an injured player that needed to be replaced. Nobody complained about my definition of an injured player.

MTD, Sr.

A-HC ?
Is that one of two, or more than two people, standing and coaching?

I'll bet nobody complained about your definition of traveling, either. 😉

BillyMac

mick wrote
A-HC ? Is that one of two, or more than two people, standing and coaching? I'll bet nobody complained about your definition of traveling, either.

I officiate several Special Olympics Unified Games every year, usually the lower level games, and the most important rule that I use during these games is purpose and intent, not of the rules, but of the game. I get no complaints from players, coaches, or fans, and I mean none, period. If any of you have a chance to do any of these games, go for it. It can be very rewarding.

mick

BillyMac wrote
I officiate several Special Olympics Unified Games every year, usually the lower level games, and the most important rule that I use during these games is purpose and intent, not of the rules, but of the game. I get no complaints from players, coaches, or fans, and I mean none, period. If any of you have a chance to do any of these games, go for it. It can be very rewarding.

Everyone that has worked these games says the same thing, again and again and again....

JugglingReferee

mick wrote
A-HC ?
Is that one of two, or more than two people, standing and coaching?

I'll bet nobody complained about your definition of traveling, either. 😉

A1 was dribbling and A2 was "injured"! Or, are you referring to a different post?

mick

JugglingReferee wrote
A1 was dribbling and A2 was "injured"!

My point was that Mark's post explained the fact that nobody cared about the player leaving the court with his explanation.
I suggested that neither do they care about traveling rules.
BillyMac followed that he gets no complaints by using intent.

I really didn't address who had player control. No one cared about that either. 🙂

Scrapper1

Vinski wrote
a fragrant "P"? 🙂

Did she have asparagus for dinner? (Sooooooooo sorry about that one.)

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

mick wrote
A-HC ?
Is that one of two, or more than two people, standing and coaching?

I'll bet nobody complained about your definition of traveling, either. 😉

A-HC = Head Coach of Team A

MTD, Sr.