I will not be around long enough to examine the possibilities. Officials should be out of there and staying around would be silly if you ask me.

Peace

While I agree that this post-game celebration thing is not something you would linger to watch searching for improper behavior, the removal of a jersey is not illegal only when considered taunting. There was a study guide/test question which involved all players coming out wearing warmups, then changing into their jerseys just before the game. Was this a technical foul? Yes. Same for a player with blood on the jersey. The change must take place in the locker room, right?

Who cares? Just like Dan said, it matters only what I think if I am on the court. I do not work for the NF. This is an interpretation, it is not a mandate. Maybe one of these days you will understand the difference.

Peace

Wasn't there an exception for the blood/torn uniform being changed at the bench?

Not from the NF. Your state might have taken a different point of view.

Peace

That's exactly what I was trying to say.

I'm asking before I look, but isn't there some goofy exception or something that would make you play the overtime in this situation? I might be thinking of a correctable error situation. Anyone else remember such a casebook play or test question? Personally I wouldn't have seen the jerseys come off. I agree with many that this is just looking for trouble.

I agree.

Unfortunately, most of my partners on my home board did not. I still remember the end of my most "difficult" game ever - after the horn, I jogged pretty quickly to the locker room, then looked back to see my partner strolling casually towards me. :rolleyes:

If the score was tied (and all action had ended), then administer the T's as part of the OT. Since the score wasn't tied, administer the T's as part of the 4th quarter to see if an OT is needed.

No OT.

You only play OT when the 4th quarter and any activity related to it is completed and the score is tied.

If, instead, it has been a 2 point game, a T had been called on one player, the 2 FT's are made...tieing the game....the game is not going to OT...even if another player earns a T. Had that last player earned the T before the final FT of the first set had been shot, it would have been shot immediately to see if an OT would be played (since it was commited before the 4th quarter ended).

Did you have a typo here? It seems that you meant to write "now".

PS I learned something from looking up your spelling of "tieing". I've always spelled it "tying". I was stunned to learn that both are acceptable. :)

So why don't you just throw out the entire NF rules book and just do as you please? Oh wait, you do. :p

Again what difference does it make to you what the NF says, you are just going to do whatever you wish. :(

For you and anyone else who shares this opinion, would you also "not see" a jersey come off prior to the start of the game? Do you also "not see" pregame dunks? Would these also be examples of "looking for trouble"?

How do you justify ignoring something that is clearly illegal after the final horn, but penalizing the same/similar action prior to the starting whistle?

I don\'t see how one picks and chooses what rules to enforce and which to ignore.

The best policy has to be to call it according to the rules as written as stated in the POE last year.

Actually you have no idea what I do. You will never work with me. And a rulebook official like you will never understand a concept we call common sense. It is about getting off the court and not trying to find every little possible infraction.

My state wants us to get off the court; they do not want us hanging out. Now maybe you have never done a game with a lot of people, but I have when people rush the court. You do not want to be hanging out to find out what people have for you. And in many of those cases it is also hard to see what players are doing. I am going to assume that if a game is that close that was a realistic possibility. Then again you would not know that now would you?

Peace

My response to your post is:

Right back at you, you arrogant @^#(&*. :p