Pre-game warm-ups question - Full Court Warm-Up

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

C'mon Jeff, use a little common sense here. DOn't you know that "common sense" just doesn't cut it in reffing? If what looks like common sense to me looks like an idiotic, childish decision to my assignor, then I"m out the door and down the block in my reffing career. The first question always has to be, what should I do according to the rules that I"ve agreed to enforce. Whether or not that makes sense to me is irrelevant.

I am going to have to disagree with you adamantly about this. This is not something that is going to change the game. Maybe in places this was a problem. It also makes me think there are officials out there who cannot handle simple situations either; this is why this rule was even made an issue. I have never had this become a problem nor do I anticipate any kind of problem. And we are not even talking about something that was specifically addressed. Now we are talking about the absurd. The purpose of the rule was to prevent teams from interfering with the other team's warm-up. The purpose was not to worry about what a team does when the other completely leaves the floor. Even in my state they gave the opportunity for home team to go to center court and do some kind of pre-game ritual. If we enforce the rules the way you suggest, it should be an automatic T for anytime a player goes to the other team’s huddle during introductions to shake the hands of the head coach and officials which is extremely common in these parts.

Peace