Basketball Quiz

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Hard to believe, but some of us arrive dressed to officiate. I think jurisdiction starts when the officials arrive on the floor to stay, whatever time that may be.

LOL

FWIW, I agree. In a lot of gyms, I don't see the gym until I'm taking jurisdiction. Others, I walk through on my way to the changing room. Let me put it this way, I don't take authority until I walk to the gym from the officials' sanctuary room. I can't imagine working a HS game without such a room.

That said, if I walk onto the court 17 minutes prior to the game, that's when my jurisdiction starts. Time is irrelevant in this case. If a player dunks with 14 minutes left and we haven't entered the court yet, well, lucky him.