CE offense loses a posession

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

... it's our fault for not paying attention to the scoreboard every time a team foul is committed ...

Assuming that the scoreboard is correct 100% of the time, which we all know isn't always true.

I hate it when scorekeepers put the sixth foul on the scoreboard with our preliminary signal. Now, on our way to the reporting area, we check for the bonus, see six fouls already on the board, assume that the foul we are now reporting is going to be the seventh foul, and get ready, in error, for the bonus.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Assuming that the scoreboard is correct 100% of the time, which we all know isn't always true.
....

Which is why I frequently have the scoreboard corrected. I pay attention before and after foul calls. I note the count in my head during time-outs and other dead balls. I'll check with the table between quarters and ensure both books and the scoreboard all reflect the same foul counts.

But this notion that the CE rules are written so that the HCs of the teams will be more diligent than the officials just doesn't wash with me.

Does someone have source for this supposed reasoning?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I note the count in my head during time-outs and other dead balls.

[just another ref]

Around here there are still several scoreboards which do not have the team foul count in the display, and there are even more than that which have it but nobody bothers to do that part. And it seems to get worse every year as far as the table turning on the bonus light at the proper time. And an interesting footnote, out of all the schools I've ever been to, there is one where they think you turn on the bonus light which points to the bench of the team that is shooting.