Crossing Whistles

[Nevadaref]

Never cross the streams!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Never cross the streams!

Well played, Nevada. Well played.

[Josh1993]

Thank you for the advice! This is a great way to help pay for college, and it's been fun so far.
Still pretty intimidated, but having fun.

[bas2456]

I had this happen recently while working in a gym with two courts. Normally I don't stop play, but the kid who had the ball took off for the basket before the others realized what was going on. As mentioned above, I felt that was an advantage, and I stopped the game and gave it back to the team who had it before the confusion.

My partner that day tried to give me a hard time about it...not sure he understood me when I explained it to him.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bas2456

I had this happen recently while working in a gym with two courts. Normally I don't stop play, but the kid who had the ball took off for the basket before the others realized what was going on. As mentioned above, I felt that was an advantage, and I stopped the game and gave it back to the team who had it before the confusion.

My partner that day tried to give me a hard time about it...not sure he understood me when I explained it to him.

Our job is to ensure the rules are followed, and I'm sure your partner was fixated on the fact that the rules don't allow for what you did.

But the rules are there for a purpose, and your situation provided an advantage not intended by those rules. Good job.

Multiple court sites are probably one of the best examples of a good use of The God Rule (2-3).

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by Adam

But the rules are there for a purpose, and your situation provided an advantage not intended by those rules. Good job.

Multiple court sites are probably one of the best examples of a good use of The God Rule (2-3).

Right. And thank you. Not sure the "founding fathers" had 8-court AAU tournaments in mind when they wrote the rules!!

[jTheUmp]

I think you did the right thing.

If one team stops because of the other court's whistle and the other team doesn't, kill the play and proceed from Point-of-interruption.

Sometimes, you've just gotta officiate.

Welcome to the fraternity. Stick around and feel free to ask us questions, we're happy to help.