Leaving the court

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by BigBoi

Odd situation....I am on end line administering throw in...close to defensive team bench....lot of shouting from fans ..rising above normal cheering.. glance at team bench reveals player has left floor in pain literally running to sit on team bench(shoulder dislocation),..I stop play while he is attended to and we restart after sub comes in ...upon reflection should I have penalized for leaving court ?

This is one you penalize only when a player is trying to gain an advantage. For example, there's lots of traffic in the post, so they go around the endline.

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