Hand shakes
I have worked in different areas of the country and have observed officials doing things differently. In my mind after the final horn has blown and I get a thumbs up from the scorer (as quickly as possible) I get off the court. I don't want to be on the court should something happen during hand shakes as I would then be forced to penalize because jurisdiction has not ended. Conversely another official also new to the area said that he likes to remain so that if something happens the officials cannot be blamed for not sticking around during post game hand shakes by players and coaches.
It is not that I don't want to make sure that the score is correct but more of the fact that the game is over and I think my jurisdiction should end so that I don't have to worry about penalizing any knuckle head behavior.
Thoughts!
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