Which Side of the Lane Line?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I agree...my requests all came at the beginning of the time-out.

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As I said, I only had once in my career a request after a ball was made on a FT. I honestly did not understand the request and would have been really confusing to my crew if I all of a sudden switched sides of the lane. And the coach and player never made it clear what they wanted to do. They ask the question as if I was preventing them from running to the other side of the lane, which I was not.

If the requests are made before the timeout is started, I might consider such movement, but not when we are already ready to go.

Again, I am still waiting for that request that I have to be concerned with in the first place. I just do not see this ever become an issue either way. My situation happen over 15 years ago. I have worked a lot of games since then, if this was a problem or an issue, I would think someone else would make such a request, but they haven't.

Peace

[MechanicGuy]

Apologies if this post is rehashing something already covered, but this issue came in an area meeting earlier this season, was passed up the chain, and the following came back from, I believe, a state interpreter (Colorado).

5. After a score by Team A, a timeout is granted to Team B. After the timeout the coach of Team B requests the ball be placed at the disposal of the thrower at the free throw lane line extended different from the lane line extended where the official is ready to put the ball in play. Can the request be granted? The official may grant this request as it would be permitted because Team B has the privilege of moving along or passing the ball out of bounds along the endline. (Rule 7-5-7)