Thinking about an "almost" simultaneous foul last season

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Fixed it for you, and that's according to the rules book. Hope it makes sense to you now.

Still makes no sense, unless one of the players can predict the future.

[rainmaker]

I used the simultaneous foul once when we really weren't sure which foul was first, and we were trying to crack down on a lot of really sloppy hacking and pushing. The good part was that neither coach had a clue what was going on, but they both had been fouled and done the fouling so they both shut up. Still, if there's any way to avoid the "simultaneous" thing, I think it's better. JMO.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

The good part was that neither coach had a clue what was going on, but they both had been fouled

Juulie - someone fouled the coaches? COOL! Was it you? That would be even COOLER! Do you have video? Was it the guy from Molalla? Hope so.

[Corndog89]

If simultaneous fouls are indeed called based on the OP, would each official report the foul he/she called to the table, or, after conferring, would just one of the officials report both fouls?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Corndog89

If simultaneous fouls are indeed called based on the OP, would each official report the foul he/she called to the table, or, after conferring, would just one of the officials report both fouls?

Each official should report their own foul.

Shoot, it's hard keeping up with our own fouls, I'd hate to try and report someone else's foul.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Each official should report their own foul.

Shoot, it's hard keeping up with our own fouls, I'd hate to try and report someone else's foul.

Agreed, and I would add that this isn't a time to worry about reporting the fouls correctly from the foul reporting area - get to the table. If you're officiating 3-person, both of you to go over to the table to report them and explain to the scorer what's happening. In a 2-person game, one of you should go explain what's happening while the other watches the court, the first should report his foul, then observe while the second reports his foul.

One of you will probably need to give a brief explanation to both coaches at this point, too.

[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Agreed, and I would add that this isn't a time to worry about reporting the fouls correctly from the foul reporting area - get to the table. If you're officiating 3-person, both of you to go over to the table to report them and explain to the scorer what's happening. In a 2-person game, one of you should go explain what's happening while the other watches the court, the first should report his foul, then observe while the second reports his foul.

One of you will probably need to give a brief explanation to both coaches at this point, too.

Great advice!