Magic Bus (The Who, 1968) ...
 

First game for me today with the new rules.

I was surprised that I didn't have any problems with the new "four magic spots" rule, other than the twenty eight foot line not being marked.

It was tough for me to get a "feel" for the fifth team foul approaching, it seemed to happen so fast, luckily we had a scoreboard showing team fouls, a rarity in a middle school games. A big problem for me, that I have to stop doing as soon as possible, is that when I realized that it was the bonus, I reported "Double bonus, two shots", instead of just "Bonus, two shots". I was mixing up the old and the new.

I'm expecting our officials to be able to track 5 team fouls every quarter, display or not.

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You shouldn't have been yelling that in the first place -- there was no definition for "double bonus" in the old rule book.

And, since a team is lining up for FTs on a non-shooting (sic) foul, it's obviously the bonus.

Just say "two" (or, if you're especially verbose, "two shots" ).

Five Is Less Than Seven ...
 

It just creeped up so damn fast.

Seven has become built in into my DNA over forty-plus years.

Especially in the "five to none" first quarter.

Seems we blinked and it was suddenly the bonus for one team.

Certainly the fastest bonus in my career.

Colloquial ...
 

Agree.

I was referring to reporting to the table.

"Double bonus" had become colloquial in these parts.

Nevermore.