White Line All the Way Around ...

[bucky]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I have occasionally posted about pregame officials/coaches/captains conferences that are, in my opinion, way too long, often including the phrase, "It's the white line all the way around".

Worked in an newly refurbished gym today. New lights, new paint on walls, refinished floor, and new lines painted on floor.

I usually end my pregame with, "Any questions?". Visiting coach, "Yeah, which line is out of bounds?"

So I look. All other lines (lanes, free throw, division, three point, blocks) except the perimeter lines are blue. Perimeter line is white, however behind the white perimeter line is a three foot wide blue area.

So I answer, "It's the white line all the way around". I almost choked as I said it, but it had to be said.

Yes, that will happen. I recall a gym described just as you indicated except that there was no white line. OOB was simply the differentiated coloring from the "tan" court. It was as if the floor "engineers" forgot the smaller, perimeter line.