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Originally Posted by RANCHMAN
I officiated a game last week involving eighth grade
girls. I made a terrible mistake in the first
quarter by reporting the wrong jersey number on a foul, let’s say on team A. I reported the foul
on number 23 when in fact it should have been reported as number 28. I did not realize this
until my partner made me aware of the mistake on a timeout, (there were approximately four
dead balls from my initial reporting of this foul until the timeout). I then
reported my error to the score keeper, and ask that it be corrected. The coach on team B was
furious, and stated that the mistake could only be corrected during the first dead ball
after I reported the foul. The change was made in the score book, and I realize that I really
looked like an idiot for making that mistake, but I wanted to know if I also kicked the correction.
I could not find a situation in the rule book. Just wanted to let you know that team B won
by forty two points. Thank you for your input!
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Ranch:
That is why I am old school and do the "birddog" and point at the player. The extra half second makes me focus on the number. I'd rather be deliberate/cautious than wrong. Oh yeah, I've probably have reported the wrong number, but I wasn't caught!
