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Originally posted by BktBallRef
Maybe this is an regional thing,
but by rule it is not our job to have definite knowledge.
So, if we have a fight during a came, have to eject a couple of players, maybe a coach or two, we can't take a timeout to allow things to calm down and everyone to compose themselves?
That is not what you did. You called a timeout because you and your partner "had to get it together." I do not see justifications for the rules using that logic.
BTW, you're taking things way out of context.
I just want to be like you. You do this all the time.
In the play described, there was no momentum that was taken away from any players.
Good justification.
In fact, the one that I called probably prevent my partner from popping a coach with a T.
When a coach rolls the dice, they might just crap out. Let him do his job. Who are you to come in and prevent something that your partner had every right to do. You make it up as you go along I see?
And I'm not discussing whether or not the official should be officiating or not. That's a separate issues.
Of course it is.
BTW, if the scorer tells you that Team A has no more time-outs, you are required by rule to inform the coach.
It is also required by rule to start a 3 second count with a toe on the lane line, but that does not mean everyone does it. It is also required for you to start a count when a defender is within 6 feet from the ball carrier, but I do not see that done all the time either. There are a lot of things required by rule, that is why they change them every year.
No matter what silly little term you use, like courtesy, it is a requirement.
If that is what you feel is so important, do it. I will do what I feel is best and works best for me. And the thing I think that kills you, is I will still do what I feel is right and necessary. This is not in any way a necessary application of the rules in any way. If a scorer tells the coach how many timeouts they have, I am not going to get all worked up over it. This actually happens all the time, and I never encourage it or discourage it. The home book tells the home team, the visiting book tells their team. Life is not that difficult.
Peace
[Edited by JRutledge on Dec 23rd, 2002 at 06:56 PM]