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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Note the sentence in the Ruling--"The infraction is penalized any time that it is discovered while the rule is being violated".The player's participation,and thus his continuing violation,doesn't end with the completion of the FT's.The rule is still being violated by that player as long as he is one of the 5 legal players on the floor for his team.If that player is one of the five legal players on the floor,isn't he violating right up until the time that game is over(which is when the officials leave the floor)?
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Ok, so if the players' "participation" doesn't end until the officials leave the floor, then you're going to have to T the losing team players for leaving the floor for an unauthorized reason. You're going to have to T the winning team for having too many players on the court.
I just don't see any reasonable way you can say that shooter is still violating when he and his team are halfway down the hall to the locker room. He's not participating. Did he violate the rule? Absolutely. Is he still violating? I think he clearly is not. If you can get an official interpretation that says otherwise, I'm more than happy to bang him and wipe the FTs; b/c I agree that's the FAIR thing to do. I just honestly don't think that, as the rule is written, you can penalize it in this sitch. I could obviously be wrong, tho. And as I said, I'd be happy to be wrong in this situation.
Chuck