Free throw fashions

[Rick Durkee]

An official at our intepretation meeting this morning offered this strange (and I admit, unlikely) scenario. End of the game, and a poor free throw shooter goes to the line. His shirt is untucked and he refuses to tuck it in. We are suppose to send him off, but that might give his team an advantage by being able to replace him with a better free throw shooter. How would we handle that? Do we have options?

This sounds like something that somebody on this board might have already thought up. If it is old news, I apologize, but I don't remember it.

[Mark Padgett]

Tell him that if he refuses to tuck it in, you will issue a flagrant technical foul. He will be ejected, the other team will get two free throws and the ball after his substitute shoots his free throws. That should negate any "advantage". Also - don't forget to watch him return to the bench. You might also have the opportunity to issue a T there which would also be an indirect on the coach.

Tell him all this. See if he then tucks in his shirt.

[rainmaker]

I think you could invoke 2-3 and just let him shoot before the sub comes in.

Or if you actually saw him untuck his jersey, it would definitely be an unsportsmanlike T.

If you suspect the coach to be complicit, you could go straight to the coach and say that #24 needs to tuck his jersey in before he shoots. If the coach waffles, stick him with the T.

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Rick Durkee
An official at our intepretation meeting this morning offered this strange (and I admit, unlikely) scenario. End of the game, and a poor free throw shooter goes to the line. His shirt is untucked and he refuses to tuck it in. We are suppose to send him off, but that might give his team an advantage by being able to replace him with a better free throw shooter. How would we handle that? Do we have options?

This sounds like something that somebody on this board might have already thought up. If it is old news, I apologize, but I don't remember it.

NOPE!!! That's not the correct procedure!
The case play is 3.4.15 for your reference.

That player is to be directed to tuck the shirt in and shoot the FTs with the lane cleared and the opponents will be awarded the ball OOB on the end line following the shots, additionally the shooter will be directed to leave the game following the FTs.

If the player refuses to tuck the shirt in when directed to do so by the official, he should receive an unsporting technical foul. He still has to shoot his two FTs, following his compliance with the uniform rule, and then the opponent will shoot.
If he continues to refuse after the first T, then a second T will DQ this player and his sub will now take his FTs, but the opponent will be shooting FOUR FTs, so is that really worth it to this team to get a better FT shooter to the line? I highly doubt it.

[Rick Durkee]

Nevadaref,

Thanks for the reference and reply.

Rick

[JCrow]

Two years ago....another BIG GAME. My assigner is front row mid-court. B ahead by 1....3 seconds left. A1 shooting bonus. I walk over and say,

"Tuck it in #7."

He says,

"I can't Ref...."

I go over and say,

"Why not?"

The kids says,

"Ref...I got a Protruding Coccyx. Had it all my life."

I go over and look....sure enough the kid had a 6" tail. I had read about them. Kinda rare but not real unusal. The kid's nervous....it's kind of waggin'.

I had seconds to handle the situation before my assigner sent me back to the Prison Rec League. (I didn't mind the Minimum Security players but the Lifers never stop for a whistle.)

I decided to over-look the Rule. Luckily, the kid air-balled the free throw and B's Coach withdrew his Protest.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by JCrow
Two years ago....another BIG GAME. My assigner is front row mid-court. B ahead by 1....3 seconds left. A1 shooting bonus. I walk over and say,

"Tuck it in #7."

He says,

"I can't Ref...."

I go over and say,

"Why not?"

The kids says,

"Ref...I got a Protruding Coccyx. Had it all my life."

I go over and look....sure enough the kid had a 6" tail. I had read about them. Kinda rare but not real unusal. The kid's nervous....it's kind of waggin'.

I had seconds to handle the situation before my assigner sent me back to the Prison Rec League. (I didn't mind the Minimum Security players but the Lifers never stop for a whistle.)

I decided to over-look the Rule. Luckily, the kid air-balled the free throw and B's Coach withdrew his Protest.

Wrong.

You shoulda asked him if he had a official note from the state proctologist.

Of course, I'd make the U2 read the note. I ain't handling it.

[Ref Daddy]

3.4.15 SITUATION: B1 fouls A1. Just before A1 goes to the line for a one-and-one, the official observes: (a) A1 either pulls the shirt out of his/her pants; or (b) that A1's pants are partially below the hips. RULING: In both (a) and (b), A1 will be directed to put the shirt in the pants or pull up the pants and must leave the game immediately following his/her last free throw(s). The lane is cleared and it will be B's ball for a throw-in, whether or not the last free throw is successful.