Arrow late in the quarter

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Last night, my partner had an inadvertent whistle with 1.7 seconds left in the third quarter. There was no team control (during a rebound), so we had to go to the arrow, which means a team had to go the length of the court in too short of a time, and the opposition gets the arrow for the start of the fourth quarter.

Granted, it's rare, but I've always hated to see a team get the arrow with so little time that the opportunity to score is basically lost. I've always wondered if there should be a rule that allows a team to defer their arrow to the opposition, letting that team get the next one.

No team control so why not just line everyone up on FT line closest to where the ball was when you had the IW, and throw the ball off the backboard and let them play on from there. Start the clock when ball hits backboard. That seems the most fair.