Double Free Throw Violation

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... how about a citation for which technical foul to charge for deliberate intentional free throw violations?

10-2-B: A team must not: Allow the game to develop into an actionless contest, this includes the following and similar acts: Delay the game by preventing the ball from being made promptly live or from being put in play.

10-4-5: A player must not: Delay the game by acts such as: Preventing the ball from being made live promptly or from being put in play.

In regard to both rules above, the ball is not prevented from being made promptly live (becomes live at disposal).

I'm not sure how the NFHS defines being promptly "put in play" regarding this specific situation, although it "could" be relevant.

Would free throws being attempted during a live ball be considered "actionless"?

10-4-6: A player must not: Commit an unsporting foul. This includes, but is not limited to, acts or conduct such as …

"Not limited to ...". Could it be this above?

Note that there isn't a "team" technical version of this rule, only a "player" technical version.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Call a T on Team B

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

[I]10-2-B: A team must not: Allow the game to develop into an actionless contest, this includes the following and similar acts: Delay the game by preventing the ball from being made promptly live or from being put in play.

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We get paid the big bucks to use our judgment in an intelligent way. If an official cannot figure out that purposeful, repeated violations fall into the category of allowing the game to develop into an action-less contest, I'm not going to waste my efforts on them.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

... purposeful, repeated violations fall into the category of allowing the game to develop into an action-less contest.

One of my three given choices. Raymond's fits the situation best, especially since two other choices are only charged to individual players rather than a team.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Possibilities: 10-2-B: A team must not: Allow the game to develop into an actionless contest, this includes the following and similar acts: Delay the game by preventing the ball from being made promptly live or from being put in play.10-4-5: A player must not: Delay the game by acts such as: Preventing the ball from being made live promptly or from being put in play. 10-4-6: A player must not: Commit an unsporting foul. This includes, but is not limited to, acts or conduct such as …