Sat Feb 06, 2010, 09:32am
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Originally Posted by shagpal
I am a noob, and wish to comment...
if players are standing around confused and the ball is still live, as an umpire, I think it would be advisable to loudly announce, "the ball is still LIVE", without any stoppage of play.
I believe the smartest player on the field would react to force a play, or yell to other players to make a play, or a coach would yell out for players to make a play.
like calling "time, or dead ball" to announce stoppage of play, simply alerting players and coaches as to the status of play neither instructs any player on how to make a play, or denies them the ability to choose their play.
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Just out of curiosity, to which play are you commenting, the OP or the alternative STU offered concerning a delayed killing of the ball?
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