Whistle from the stands

[Juulie Downs]

This very situation, except for the end-of-game aspect, was all over the news a week or so ago. Can't remember if it was college or NBA, but there was a whistle from the stands, everyone stopped playing except one guy, guy with ball passed down court to that one player for an easy layup. Refs counted the basket, but also sent some sort of security or game management into the stands to quell any further such activity.

In the sitch I saw, everyone stopped playing and the refs were even all looking at each other to see who stopped the play. Clock stopped, everyone stopped, except one guy realized it was bogus and yelled at his teammate who was holding the ball, ran downcourt, received the pass and layed it in.

In hs ball, if I heard the whistle, all or most players stopped, I'd stop the game immediately, with a whistle of my own, and not give a chance for that lay in to get put up. Give the ball back to whoever had it when the whistle went.

And get game management involved bigtime.