NOT a Correctable Error, BUT should it be???

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

Juulie,
The ONLY thing that I am attempting to do is EXTEND THE TIME we can FIX an OFFICIAL'S OBVIOUS MISTAKE when awarding a throw-in. Currently, we can already FIX the MISTAKE UNTIL the throw-in ends. I am merely extending the time.

I understand exactly what you're trying to do, and I agree it would be nice. I wish we could do that, too. I'm just disagreeing with how you want to do it.

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

The problem is not an inablity to "keep the rules straight about who gets possession at the beginning of each quarter", it is a simple MISTAKE that officials make on a fairly regular basis.

Actually, I've only done it twice in 10 years, and I'm sure there are refs who've worked 25 years without ever making this mistake. It's a simple mistake, and also very, very easy to avoid.

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

The error can ONLY be corrected until a change in possession or the ball becomes dead (i.e. If the correction has not been made before the ball becomes dead or a change in possession, the error is ignored).

This means that if you did not stop play BEFORE a basket, a foul or a violation, the error is ignored.

I understand what you're trying to say here, but trying to define it in the book in a way that could be consistently put into practice, and that would make sense to everyone would be nearly impossible, I think. I just think that however reasonable you and I are, others may not be quite so capable

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

I understand that this will not correct all of these Wrong-Team-Throw-ins, BUT it would likely catch about 80-90% or more. I know more than one official who has made a correction to match my proposed rules already.

Well, he can keep making that correction, or he can plan to move up and get better. I recommend he work to avoid the problem instead.