OOB or NO CALL?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
NCAA changed this rule for the upcoming season. It is now a violation. The T no longer comes into consideration.
Under NFHS play, what I have is a T. The play describes a player intentionally going OOB to get around a defender. That seems like an easy and obvious call to me.

It's also a new POE this year. The FED is stressing that they want the T called when ANY player leaves the court for an unauthorized reason.

Good luck on that one. I think that you'll see just about as many additional T's called on this play as we saw when the FED made elbow-swinging without contact a POE for a T. The NCAA is on the right track on this one, imho. Make it a violation and let the punishment fit the crime.

Please note that I'm not advocating that you ignore this particular rule. I still don't think that you should let any player get an unfair advantage, and deliberately going OOB on this play certainly is gaining an unfair advantage for that player.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Sep 16th, 2004 at 06:55 AM]