"The Basketball Fix"

[ausref23]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

Did you really signal two points after every basket ? And if you did what was the purpose or thinking behind it ?

This is still a mechanic in FIBA! (I think they don't trust their table people in europe )

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by ausref23

This is still a mechanic in FIBA! (I think they don't trust their table people in europe )

Yeah - but how do they indicate the "two" in metric? Do they also have to raise 54/100ths of the next finger?

[ausref23]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Yeah - but how do they indicate the "two" in metric? Do they also have to raise 54/100ths of the next finger?

I have worked with a guy that flagged the two in the same way Winston Churchill gave the "V for victory" sign!!!

He couldn't of been a child of the 60's overwise the 2 fingers facing a more appropriate direction would have been a natural. mind you, when I pointed out to him what he'd done in our post game, it was the source of much laughter!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by ausref23

I have worked with a guy that flagged the two in the same way Winston Churchill gave the "V for victory" sign!!!

He couldn't of been a child of the 60's overwise the 2 fingers facing a more appropriate direction would have been a natural. mind you, when I pointed out to him what he'd done in our post game, it was the source of much laughter!

So refs in the 60s were signaling a peace sign after every basket?