Mechanics and clock situations (Video)

[ilyazhito]

JRut, the reason why I mentioned the CCA Manual is because a specific procedure exists if an official wants to make a call outside his area. I wanted to know if the NFHS mechanics manual has something similar. Just because I mention another level does not mean that my question is a priori irrelevant.

Camron, I would agree with you that the Lead made a call while out of position. One can see on the video that the defender was moving into the dribbler, so a player control call would not be defensible. Unless the Lead saw something really different, like the dribbler warding off the defender with an arm, or another offensive player fouling, he should not have made a call. Unfortunately, NFHS rules do not allow officials to get together and make a single call (as NCAAW rules do) when two signals are given, so both officials had to report their separate fouls to the table, and the L had to face the music from the offensive team's bench.