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Originally Posted by Toren
I don't agree, in what situation would a table official be completely responsible?
We didn't shoot the 1 and 1 because the score board only had 6 fouls listed...why didn't we notice when foul #4 wasn't added to the board? That's our error
We shot the 1 and 1 when there was only 6 team fouls but the board is showing 7 team fouls...why didn't we notice that when foul #3 was reported, it jumped to foul #5.
In all correctable errors, the responsibility is ours. I will not pardon myself. I have been lucky enough to not have to deal with a correctable error yet, but when it happens I will be looking long and hard at tape to figure out where I lost concentration.
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Why didn't we notice? Because the board doesn't display foul counts. Not every board is capable.
Also, the "official" record is the scorebook. I don't look to see if they record everything right. If the board seems to have the right numbers based on your observation but the book has something different, what are you going to do? Take the official record or the unofficial record? If you can't identify the missing/extra foul for the scorebook, you have to take the book as it is, the board means nothing.
If you can reliably count the team and player fouls on both teams for both halves, every single game, great. But, I've got more interesting things to do than the scorekeeper's job. And even if you can, you might find your attention would be better applied elsewhere.