Delay after TO

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by JeffRef
Here's an interesting way to look at it. We already know the losing team wants to cause you bodily harm, but what about the winning team? Do you think they could take any satisfaction in winning the game without opposition. What a shameful way to win a game!

What's shameful about winning by following the rules? What's the shame in scoring an easy basket, because the defense is choosing not to play? There is not any force or false authority by the ref here. It is very simply and strictly the defender's choice. How is it fair to the team that is following the rules to have to wait and wait because the ref is trying to be invisible instead of doing his/her job?

This whole debate baffles me... Why bother with having timed time-outs if we're not going to enforce them? Why not just call a time out and then talk until everyone is ready to go? If one team is taking advantage (the team that is staying in time out too long), is that advantage legal? NO!! Then why ignore it or justify it? Why not penalize it?