ap on throw-in

[kbilla]

I guess I see that in the letter of the rule, but A was awarded the AP throw-in as the result of a jump-ball. That gives them the right to posession, which they still have after the kick....now you are basically giving the right to the NEXT posession following a jump ball just because B kicked...seems like a pretty stiff penalty on B for something as innocuous as a kick...

Would like to see this specific case excluded personally...

[Hartsy]

Originally Posted by kbilla

I guess I see that in the letter of the rule, but A was awarded the AP throw-in as the result of a jump-ball. That gives them the right to posession, which they still have after the kick....now you are basically giving the right to the NEXT posession following a jump ball just because B kicked...seems like a pretty stiff penalty on B for something as innocuous as a kick...

Would like to see this specific case excluded personally...

I'd just like to see more people concentrate on something that really matters. Too many people (coaches, fans, officials) go nuts over who has the arrow when it really evens out. No matter what, someone gets the last AP throw in, and there is no way to predict when the last one will be.

Granted, we have to get it right, but I'm not going to worry about it if Team A gets 6 "arrows" to B's 5, when it should have been 5 for A and 6 for B. Out of what, 50 or more total posessions a game?

Hey, it's better than an old fashioned jump ball, anyhow.

[kbilla]

Hartsy I somewhat agree with you as far as over the course of the game, but if you come down to the last 2 mins in a close game the arrow is extremely important...I'd hate to have to apply this rule in that case, but I just hate this rule in general I guess...

[Hartsy]

Originally Posted by kbilla

Hartsy I somewhat agree with you as far as over the course of the game, but if you come down to the last 2 mins in a close game the arrow is extremely important...I'd hate to have to apply this rule in that case, but I just hate this rule in general I guess...

The arrow is not any more important then, just more noticed, like everything else. Tell the coach if he wanted the arrow to change, tell his players not to kick the ball.

[kbilla]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

The arrow is not any more important then, just more noticed, like everything else. Tell the coach if he wanted the arrow to change, tell his players not to kick the ball.

Yeah unforunately that's what you have to tell him, but I don't have to like it!