Reality Check

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Brad
You are right on both counts.

#1 is obviously a technical foul.

What official starts the count when the ball is on the floor unless the other team is purposefully not taking the ball out?

Well, I do..... sometimes. Freshmen girls, probably not. Varsity boys, state tournament, if they're not working toward getting the ball out and then in, I'm counting. At least that's my theory, I've never been in that situation.

Why not call this foul an intentional based on the "excessive contact clause?" It avoids the explanations of why a T and avoids the judgment whether the ball is live or not. And the ball comes back in right where it would have been anyway.