Starters "supplied" to scorer?

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Were you the R or the assistant scorer?

The only requirement by rule is that that name and number of each team member and who the 5 starters are have be given to the scorer at least 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time. It's now the scorer's job to correctly enter that info into the book. If the info gets wrongly entered by the scorer, it is NOT a team technical foul. It is a scorer's mistake and you can't penalize a team for that mistake. You simply get the book changed.

That part of your job was done at the 11-minute mark after the scorer told you that he had all of the info and was copying it. That's all that you need to know and there's now no reason to hang around the scorer. Just make sure at around the 1-3 minute mark that the scorer is set to go. If not, give him the extra time that he might need. And please don't do the scorer's job for him. What do you do if you mistakenly check a wrong starter's number? Is it still a bookkeeping mistake if the official makes it?

JMO.....

I agree with you completely, however, my only question is what does it even mean to "supply" the scorer with the information when you are the home team? In this case they didn't supply him with anything because they assumed he already knew based on precedent. I guess what I'm asking is, is that enough? Agree I probably shouldn't have checked the starters, but since I was checking book anyway I did with scorer watching. To your point, I don't think I'll do that again though.