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Originally Posted by Kansas Ref
As an NF ref, I would have killed the play after I'd seen B1 rolling around on the floor on the floor holding his head in obvious pain. The coaches, players, and parents would have no problem with that--especially given the current attention to concussions in sports. The key legal issues for us refs is "liable negligence" in this instance. ROP would be a throw-in for team A (if they had team control) on the endline. Seems like the nba rule (as provided by OP) needs modification. Hey, if the nba is going to be changing the "hack a shaq' rule, then why can't they also just modify this more important one?
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All true at our level and even at the NCAA level as this is clearly addressed to handle it this way. But in the pros the situation changes because everyone is being paid. I am sure the rules are also in place because pros do things on purpose and they do not want to stop an obvious play for maybe some faking. Even in our rules we have some leeway if a player is not in danger to continue play. The liability at the NBA level is much different than what happens when we are independent contractors and the officials in the NBA are employees.
Peace