Fox College Sports--Game of the Week
 

I am watching Fox College Sports (Atlantic). They have a HS Game of the week with teams St. Mary's vs. St. Dominic. I have no idea what part of the country these teams were from. I was only watching the very end of the game. I believe the score was 57-66 and St. Mary's is losing and is fouled on a 3 point shot as time expires. The Officials shoot the FTs with no time on the clock and the lane cleared. Why did they do that?

Peace

Good question. I would think if the FT's had no effect on the outcome, they would not be shot. Perhaps because this was a televised game, there were different rules in place?

Maybe the kid has a shot at 1,000 points? Or was one of the officials, short, bald and spoke with a Wake Forest accent?

They do things differently on the east coast? :D

Under NFHS rules, there would be no need to shoot these, however, if a State or League rule uses something like Points For or Points Against for tiebreakers at the end of the season, they may want the FTs shot for this reason.

That still doesn't matter. Even if they use points for tiebreakers, these shots shot not be taken. The game is over.....all teams have the same rules and FTs after time has expired that don't change the winner affect all teams the same.

TV has to be the difference. Dunking during pergame, and halftime are the evils of televised games. It's a showcase for the schools and the kids. Don't agree but what do you do.

Not sure TV had anything to do with this. The game was clearly over all the starters appeared to be out of the game.

Also I have had some games on TV and no one was dunking at those games. I am not sure why TV had anything to do with this. There were no records being threaten. To me it seemed like the officials simply did not know the rule on how to handle those situations.

Peace

That would not surprise me. I have worked some HS games with D-1 partners and many of them have not read their HS rulebook for years. Just my observation that some officials relax on their rules study when they get to a certain level.

Real college sports.
 

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The preview doesn't tell us who's working the game. :D