NC and Davidson game last night

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No. If you report it one way, that's it. It's not correctable. If you report it correctly and the scorer hears you wrong, that's a scorer's error and it's correctable until the game is completed.

I don't agree with your take on this. I do agree that it is not one of the five correctable errors, so a timeframe does not apply.

My opinion is that the reporting and recording of fouls is entirely within the bookkeeping realm and such a mistake can be corrected at any time during the game. If for any reason an official reports a foul on the wrong player that can and should be fixed with definite knowledge. It is not right to screw someone over because an official got confused. Perhaps the official reported the number of the player who got fouled instead of the one who committed the foul. When that is realized, it needs to be fixed. Your statement does not allow for that.

[Adam]

I'd like to see that allowed, I just don't see it in the rules. Part of the call is stating who the foul is on, I don't see where or how we can count that as a scoring error.

It's like a three point shot. If the official signals three and changes his mind, there's a limited time frame on when it can be corrected; but it can be corrected because the rule allows for it.

"Who fouled" is not correctable, IMO.

[Nevadaref]

I know that we've discussed this before on this forum and there is clearly merit on both sides. I would welcome a clarification from the NFHS on the issue.

[Adam]

agreed.

[Camron Rust]

You're both wrong!!!

[BktBallRef]

I guess I'm wrong too because if I realize I reported the wrong number, I'm gonna change it.

Maxwell actually did call the foul on Lawson from the git-go but the better call would have been on Ellington. He had a hand touching the shooter's back but there wasn't much of a push. Oh well.

[rainmaker]

Seems to me it's a difference whether the ref intends to call it on one person (ie saw the play correctly) but just reported it incorrectly, or whether the ref really actually called it on the wrong person. If I reported it wrong, I can fix it, but if I called it on the wrong person it's not correctable or fixable.