Don't mess with the scorekeeper!

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

That brings up the main reason of this post. The official scorer is supposed to make sure the arrow is pointing in the right direction; what are the mechanics in a situation where a held ball is called, but there is a foul before the throw-in takes place (I know, it's "before the throw-in ends," but one of the unwritten rules I learned early on is, if it's close, switch the arrow)? Is the reporting official supposed to tell the scorer whether or not to switch the arrow? Is the scorer supposed to ask?

-- Don

A lot of scorers and referees (at least in my locale) don't seem to know the arrow doesn't change in this scenario. A lot of the time, I feel like I'm the only who knows this. In an NCAA-W game tho, a team control foul was called on an AP throw-in and the home timer changed the arrow and would not believe me when I told him it doesn't change. I asked the officials to check into at the half and told them where to look in the rule book. Sure enough, they came back for the second half and told me that although the section i gave them was incorrect, they did find the rule and would have the arrow changed back. Of course the home table crew and coach are arguing about it and want to know why the arrow is going back to us.

I would recommend an official use preventive officiating in this scenario and remind whoever is maintaining the arrow that it shouldn't change.