This past weekend, I did a 7th grade rec tournament at a facility that has a 20 point "mercy" rule. If a team leads by 20 or more in the second half, they cannot guard in the backcourt. This is not unusual at all for rec tournaments.
A1 got a rebound in his backcourt and turned up court. We were well into the second half and B led by over 30 and had been clearing into the frontcourt very well all half. However, in this instance, B1 started to guard him. I yelled at B1 "no backcourt, Blue". He stopped guarding and ran into the frontcourt. A1 requested and was granted a timeout (don't ask me why - I think they just wanted to sub). On the inbound still in the backcourt, B1 got into position to guard the inbounder. I took the ball and again, I yelled at B1. He moved back. Before I gave the ball back to the inbounder, Coach B requested and was granted a timeout. I could hear him talking to B1 about staying out of the backcourt. B1 was nodding his head. We come out of the timeout and - yep, you guessed it - B1 again went to guard the inbounder in the backcourt!
Again, I took the ball back and yelled at the Coach to either move him back or it was a T. The coach responded by removing him from the game.
Here's the kicker - it was his son!
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