Hand Raising

[mick]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
You'll have to forgive me for this question, as I am not from the time of LP's, puking on shoes, staring at pants, etc., and this rule has not been in place at least since I started high school.

I know some people have said a T was assessed if the player didn't raise his/her hand. What would happen on a close "multiple" foul or a block/charge situation where players might not have been sure of who fouled? Did the official say "Blue 13" and then the player would raise his hand?

Mark,
Yup.
In a tough situation, we as players would try to help out the ref.
If one of our teammates was in foul trouble, and we still had some extras, we would raise our hand to assist and use one of our own.
At other times, yes, we would raise our hand and the foul would be on an opponent. Fans loved that.
mick