[Cobra]

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . allow the teams to line up the wrong way at any jump ball. Rather, both sideline officials will verify the jumpers are on the correct side of the division line before the jump ball is about to begin.

The tossing official doesn't have to make sure they are lined up correctly?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . allow the scorekeeper to enter the wrong number of a player who had fouled into the book. Rather, we will stop in the reporting area and accompany our verbal report of the color and number of the fouler with clear, non-rushed finger signals.

The only way to not allow the scorer to enter the wrong number would be to actually watch him write it down. You are talking about reporting the foul, not about what he actually writes down.

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . blow the whistle unless accompanied by an arm in the air. Rather, we will clarify the nature of the call or situation by accompanying the whistle with either an open hand, a fist, a stop sign or a held-ball signal.

Whistle with arm in the air signaling....stop clock, stop clock for foul, held ball...stop sign? How does that work?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . miss an obvious “charging” call. Rather, we will referee the defense, noting when the defender has established an initial legal guarding position prior to illegal contact on the torso by an offensive player. This we will be able to do well as L by hustling back in transition to allow the play to come toward us while observing the defender setting up in his legal guarding position. In the event of a “pass and crash”, the L will stay with the crash and the lead will remain attentive to the pass.

What exactly makes a call obvious? Trying to note when the defense has established legal guarding position means you will not miss an obvious charging call?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . not use the words “On the Floor!” when calling a foul. Rather, we will assess whether or not the offensive player’s act of shooting had or had not begun and clarify the result of the play as either “ball OOB”, one-and-one, or “two shots” or “and one”, etc.

You say "and one"?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . miss an opportunity to begin a five-second closely held count. Rather, if a count begins in our PCA, we will immediately signify that in a prominent manner such that the players, the coaches, and everybody in the gym knows we’re counting.

You must mean a closely guarded count.

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . miss a last-second shot judgment. Rather, we each will be conscious of when the clock gets down below a minute, signaling to each other who is responsible for the last-second shot.

What does knowing who is responsible for making the call have to do with not getting the call incorrect?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . cause a coach to have to come out on the floor to get our attention to request a time-out. Rather, we will be diligent to recognize a potential time-out scenario and keep an eye on him in case he makes a request.

I don't think there is anything you could do that would cause the coach to come out on the floor. Why don't you just say "watch for timeout requests"?

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . grant a time-out request when that team does not have player control. Rather, we will hear and see the request, check to see that it is the head coach making the request if coming from the bench, verify that that coach’s player has control of the ball, then grant the time out if allowed.

You should say this only applies while the ball is live. Someone is going to read this and be confused about timeouts while the ball is dead. Even more confusing is that during a throw in there is no player control yet the team may call a timeout.

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . miss off-ball fouls and violations. Rather, we will be diligent to survey the competitive matchups and play that occurs in our respective PCA’s, resisting the inclination to watch the ball when it is in a partner’s area.

You can't be sure that "today will will not miss off-ball fouls." You keep acting like if the officials talk about it before the game then their judgement will be perfect during the game.

Originally Posted by Freddy

. . . allow the table to goof up the direction arrow. Rather, the official opposite table will make sure the arrow is switched properly immediately upon the end of an AP throw-in, and also after the initial jump ball, prior to halftime, or beginning the overtime period. After any throw-in team violation prior to the end of an AP throw-in, the nearest official will communicate to the table that that team loses both the throw-in and the arrow.

Possession arrow.


There are a few you use weird terms instead of the rulebook terms. The whole "WE WILL NOT" thing seems pretty weird. You don't know what is going to happen during the game. "Let's try not to..." would be a better way to start off.