NCAA-M Mechanic: Benches and Table on Opposite Sides

[JRutledge]

This is not about some gym you went to 30 years ago and what it looked like. SC's question was legitimate and had to do with a procedure. There does not appear to be one in this situation because this season is very unusual. Even how the benches are located often around the end line is an indication of how different time we are in. No one has said that many of these things are standards. Things are changing literally every game based on someone's position that is in charge. I have seen this done several ways where the opposite table is the benches and the opposite table is the table location (where they report).

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is not about some gym you went to 30 years ago and what it looked like. SC's question was legitimate and had to do with a procedure.

Actually, I'm currently working in one of the gyms I mentioned, and two others are still used with the mentioned ground rules (I'm no longer accepting assignments from Catholic middle schools). SC Official's question was a great question, and if he's upset believing that I completely hijacked his thread, then I apologize.

My point was that basketball officials, at all levels, sometimes encounter odd situations (ground rules), pre-COVID, COVID, and, hopefully, post-COVID, that are not covered by rules, or mechanics, and we flexibly and successfully adjust based on purpose and intent (and in the case of COVID, safety).

To encourage us to be more flexible (safety first) as we encounter odd COVID situations, my local high school board (also assigns many middle schools) has shelved the otherwise strict requirement that we evaluate and rate partners this year, and observer ratings are also being shelved this year (mostly for safety reasons). Assignment status, varsity, or subvarsity, will be frozen this year and carry over into next year. Bad news for the young up and comers, but being young, they'll get over it. Young'uns always do.