Bad situation . . . Could've been worse!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

1) We sureasheck do know that the 10 were outside the bench area. The bench area only extends onto the court as far as the closest FT lane line to their bench. The OP said that they were more than half-way across the court.

Yabut, we still don't know how many. The OP said they stopped players who were more than halfway across the floor. They also said there were 10 players on the floor. Who was where? We can assume, but we don't know without watching it when it shows up on YouTube.

The part that muddied the issue for me was the fact it occured during a TO. If it had been a live ball situation, I don't think I could disagree with your rules cites. Yes, players need to be within the "bench area" during a TO. But what if a coach tells the team, "Get your heads out of your a$$es!!", and that's it? Now they start to walk out on the floor because they're done with the TO. Do I wait for them to step out of that bench area and start whacking? Probably not. I also don't think this is an obvious fight situation either. So given all the mud in the water, I'm willing to give bigdogrunnin the benefit of the doubt. Of course, I'm not his grumpy old assignor, so he will have to live with what he/she says.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

3) Bowling is great. Gets the kids off the streets and into the alleys.

You know, I now have that queasy feeling in my stomach, just like after eating a few hot dogs. Thanks alot.