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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
It's used in several areas. Dunking is "allowed" until the officials arrive. To avoid having the officials make a tough decision on seeing the end of a dunk just as they "turn the corner" into the gym, the officials blow a whistle, wait a beat and then go on the court.
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We train our officials exactly the opposite. We tell them to simply walk out on the court. And if they see someone dunking while doing so, immediately call the technical foul. We also tell the coaches in a pre-season meeting that it
will be done that way. We don't think it's a tough decision; we think it's a no-brainer. See a dunk..call a dunk. If you're not sure that it actually was a dunk though when you're walking in, don't call it(which holds true for the entire warm-up).
And heaven help the official who tries to pretend that they didn't see an obvious dunk.
The rationale is that the rule has been in the book for umpty-ump years, and everybody in the gym knows that.
Nothing the matter imo with other areas handling it differently though, as long as they are consistent. At least, they're not ignoring dunks
during the warm-up.