What has that have to do with safety? If you hand the ball to the player to throw the ball in, they cannot do whatever they want. They can call a timeout, but I am not stopping play in the middle of action for safety, unless by rule it is warranted. This is not that situation. If a kid looses his/her shoe during action of dribbling the ball, you do not stop play at that moment just so they can put back on their shoe. There has to be some other things at play. I think even asking if they want a timeout was a bit much. Safety is one thing, but lets not create safety concerns just because of a shoe not being tied.
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I really don't see any harm in reinforcing safety during a dead ball. I'm not advocating stopping the game during play (like some rec league refs do around here) in a JV girls game, but you do need to take the level of play into account. Bottom line - if this happens once or twice in a game, no advantage/disadvantage occurs.
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