Home scorebook leaves table

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by stan-MI
What is the penalty, if any, if the home team takes the scorebook away from the table at halftime? NFHS rules state that the home (official) book "shall" remain at the table, but do not say what happens if it doesn't. Do you declare the other book the official book? Is it a technical foul (I don't see any specific rules support for that), or do you merely delay the second half while you confirm the book's accuracy, then continue. What rules support do you have for your answer?

Not addressed in FED.

In NCAA, if it's "inadvertant" (the scorer did it on his / her own), and the book doesn't go to the locker room,then it's nothing.

If it's inadvertant and the book does go to the locker room, it's an indirect T.

If the coach does it, or requests it, it's a direct T.

(Note that the NCAA definitions of direct and indirect are different from the FED definitions)