What if......?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by stripes
IMO, this is one of the worst rules on the books. The kids dunk before we get out. Everyone knows this and we don't care, but when the officials step on the court, by dang, they had better stop. Why? Penalize them if the break a piece of equipment. Otherwise, why not let the fans see what they want to see?

To answer Rev Ref63's question, I would not penalize them until I was on the floor (officially). Last night I worked a state 4A playoff game and stood at the door to the court and watched both teams throw down some very spectacular dunks. Crowd loved it. I even heard some boos when they had to stop. No way I would have penalized them. Game management was all over the place and they didn't care either.

If you were at the door all suited up to go onto the court, guess what, you had taken jurisdiction. You should have charged a technical foul to every player that you saw dunk the ball. Dunking the ball during a dead ball is a safety issue. I think that you blew this one. And I would not care what game management thought. You saw it and did not penalize it.