Stick 'em or not?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by The Canuck

Nothing silly about it Mark, you're absolutely right. But this is language players understand. Nobody wants a technical to decide the game. If it has to, it has to, but if it can be prevented in any way, it should be, as far as I'm concerned.

In this case, the T can be prevented by you enforcing the rules as written. This is not a delay of game, nor is it a T. It's simply a 5-count, as described in the rule book.

Originally Posted by The Canuck

10.3.20. Delaying the game by preventing the ball from being promptly made live or by preventing continuous play. This shall also apply to bench personnel.

To me, actively refusing to put the ball in play by ignoring it is "preventing the ball from being promptly made live" AND "preventing continuous play". Before you howl at that interpretation, sleep soundly knowing I never have to enforce this set of rules again.

After a made basket, the ball is live when it's available to the players on the team that didn't just shoot. So the ball was live, and no one was preventing it from become live. It's not a matter of "your interpretation", it's a matter of knowing the rules and applying them appropriately.

Originally Posted by The Canuck

The bad thing about our profession is how eager we are to show each other up.

No one is anxious to show anyone up here. we're just anxious that all refs are applying the rules in a consistent manner, consistent with each other and consistent with the way they're written. That's the best way to ensure that all games and all teams get a "fair game".

** HHmmmm does this reply sound similar to some replies I've made toa certain someone else a time or two? to replies others have made to a certain someone else? HHmmm...