The Official Forum - Net wraps around rim revisited

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Originally posted by Nevadaref

I came up with some questions for all of us to think about:
1. After a goal in a boys game, a player points out to you that the ball is a girls ball. Do you wait until the next "natural stopping point" to fix it or switch ball right away?

2. If a successful dunk were to twist a backboard, say 10 degrees, would you stop the game right away?

3. If after a successful dunk at a goal supported by a portable backstop the apparatus were to fold a bit such that the ring lowers to 9' 6", would you wait until play returned to that end of the court to stop the game?

4. During play the lights in the gym dim significantly, but do not go completely out. You can still see, but the lighting is certainly not uniform or adequate. Do you play on until the next dead ball when the clock is stopped?

5. During play some kids running around under the bleachers kick the electric cord for the scoreboard causing it to blank out. The control box at the table is still functioning and keeping the time and score, but there is now no visible clock or score for anyone not seated at the table. Do you wait for a violation or a foul to happen to stop the game?

I look forward to everyone's thoughts on these.

My thoughts on these are: it depends. Size of ball, yea, I may wait until a natural dead ball, but it would depend on the situation. 25 seconds into a game, I'm stopping a lot more quickly than 3 minutes left to play.

Lights dim significantly, I'll see how it affects play. Wait until a drive, or a ten-second count or something are over. Scoreboard or clock go out -- definitely wait until natural dead ball.

I have no clue what it means to twist the backboard. But I suppose you'd have to suspend the whole game, wouldn't you? So it probably wouldn't matter much a few seconds one way or the other. Same with a "folded" apparatus. Now, how often do we need to have this one firmly decided?

I don't stop the game for a wrapped net, either, but I've never seen a shot lost because of it. Maybe it's different in Nevada.