Delay of Game

[Raymond]

The purpose of the DOG warning for water on the court is to discourage teams from drinking water on the court during time-outs.

Originally Posted by Raymond

The purpose of the DOG warning for water on the court is to discourage teams from drinking water on the court during time-outs.

Also to, you know, keep the game going.

[BillyMac]

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798)

Originally Posted by Raymond

The purpose of the DOG warning for water on the court is to discourage teams from drinking water on the court during time-outs.

And just how has that been working out for us?

I'm old enough to remember when athletes were discouraged from drinking water and salt pills were handed out like penny candy.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Raymond

The purpose of the DOG warning for water on the court is to discourage teams from drinking water on the court during time-outs.

No, it is not.
The purpose is to prevent teams from taking advantage of a safety situation to prolong a time-out in order to gain extra rest.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

The purpose of the DOG warning for water on the court is to discourage teams from drinking water on the court during time-outs.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The purpose is to prevent teams from taking advantage of a safety situation to prolong a time-out in order to gain extra rest.

2006-07 NFHS Basketball Rules Changes

Additional Delay Warning Added; Only One Delay Warning Per Game (4-47-4, 10-1-5): A new delay situation was added for failure to have the court ready to play following any time-out. An official will now issue one team delay warning per game for any one of four delay situations. Any subsequent team delay in any one of the four categories will result in a team technical foul. The change will assist with the flow of the game, as well as the administration of the rule by officials and scorers.

10.1.5 Situation: Following the second horn, indicating the timeout has ended, Team A is still wiping up water from the playing court and delays the game from resuming. Ruling: Team A is warned for delay. If a previous warning for any type of delay had been issued, a technical foul shall be charged ((10-1-5-E, 4-47-4)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

No, it is not.
The purpose is to prevent teams from taking advantage of a safety situation to prolong a time-out in order to gain extra rest.

Those clean-ups occur while the 5 players are already out on the court, so there is nothing to prolong. It interrupts restarting the game. "Extra rest"

NCAA game out with the rule first, explicitly to keep players from drinking water on the court because of the delays that occurred when they spilled, and the NFHS added the rule a couple years later.