IAABO Exam - Bookkeeping Mistake ...
 

Attended a local IAABO Refresher Exam study group a few nights ago. We had about a dozen guys, some of whom are very good "rules guys". We didn't have an answer sheet. We disagreed on a few answers, even after taking deep dives into the rulebook and casebook.

50) A bookkeeping mistake may be corrected at any time until the Referee approves the final score. Is this correct?

2-11-11: A bookkeeping mistake may be corrected at any time until the referee approves the final score.

I say that the question statement was incorrect (although I answered correct based on 2-11-11's exact wording).

2-2-4: The jurisdiction of the officials is terminated and the final score has been approved when all officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.

After the horn to end the game sounds, the referee looks to the table to approve the final score, usually with a nod and a wave. After such approval, the officials start heading out of the gym. Until they leave the visual confines of the playing area, they can still be summoned back to deal with a bookkeeping error, which can still, at that time, be corrected.

Thus, a bookkeeping mistake may be corrected at any time until the officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.

What say you?

That's not an "approval" -- that's a "do you have anything for us right now?" question.

The approval comes when the officials leave the visual confines.

Approval ...
 

Sounds plausible. Again, it's semantics, with no definition of what "approval" actually is in the rulebook or casebook.

We've been locally taught for years to "approve" the final score with a nod and a wave (and to stay away from the table unless one has a question or is beckoned by the table) before heading out of the gym

Also, don't collect the basketball and bring it over to the table. Not our job.

Bookkeeping Mistake IAABO Exam Answer ...
 

IAABO says that the official is correct and uses 2-11-11 as the citation. I got it right, but still think that the question is inconsistent with the rule, with no definition of "approved".

2-2-4, which you cited, gives us the definition of approved.

I Was Blind But Now I See! (John 9:25) ...
 

Thanks Raymond. I see it now, don't know why I couldn't see it clearly a month ago.

2-2-4: The jurisdiction of the officials is terminated and the final score has been approved when all officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.

My high school sophomore English teacher, Mr. Baumgartner, would be very disappointed that I didn't remember the definition of an independent clause.

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