[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
An untied shoe could very easily be seen as a safety issue.

Common courtesy is to allow this player time to tie his shoe during a period of inactivity.... I wouldn't remove a scoring opportunity.... I would however, take my first opportunity to protect the player from having someone step on his lace and having him end up head-long into the floor.

Is this wrong or beyond my authority?

A player for making sure his shoes are properly tied and must take care of an untied shoe without delaying or stopping the game. This is what the Rules Committee was saying when it made its change in the rules back in 1963-64. And one cannot compare it with glasses or contacts which the rules specifically addresses.