Bookkeeping Predicament

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

That answer depends on whether or not you shot bonus free throws in the first half.

There are usually not any rules citations for such an off-the-wall situation. My mindset isn't what should I do if this happens again, my mindset is is how do I ensure this never happens again. Quite sure this will never happen again in any game you do no matter what level it is and how bad the scorekeepers are.

I've had it happen. Not much you can do.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

I've had it happen.

Low level Catholic middle school game. Parent coerced into keeping score as a last minute replacement. We didn't discover until the middle of the fourth period (when we figured that we should be in the bonus for at least one team) that she was only keeping track of total team fouls, not team fouls by half, and not individual player fouls. We pieced together definite known team fouls for each team that half, told her to start keeping track of individual player fouls, and moved on.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Adam

I've had it happen. Not much you can do.

You had it happen more than once to this extent? After it happened the first time did you adjust how you would handle situations in the future?

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[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

You had it happen more than once to this extent? After it happened the first time did you adjust how you would handle situations in the future?

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Sorry, no, it's happened to me once. Now I *try* to remember to check the book at half time to see how many fouls there were in the first half. If it's a scorer I don't recognize, I'll remind them to start counting the 2nd half fouls.