shooter shoots at wrong basket

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Surely not. But Team B is given points from somewhere, and the rule says they come from TEAM A, not PLAYER A2, and that is what gets recorded in the footnote.

The rule doens't say what to put in the footnote:

If a player scores a field goal in the opponent's basket, it is not credited to a player, but is indicated in a footnote.

A literal reading of this would tell me that the footnote is the place to say "who" made the error, if the statistician feels the need to do so. If it was credited, it would go somewhere else; you know, where the rest of A2's points are credited.

[Hartsy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The rule doens't say what to put in the footnote:



A literal reading of this would tell me that the footnote is the place to say "who" made the error, if the statistician feels the need to do so. If it was credited, it would go somewhere else; you know, where the rest of A2's points are credited.

I can see it this way, though you do indicate by your wording here (the rest of A2's points) that a footnote mentioning A2 does credit A2 with the points, it's just not crediting them in the same place in the scorebook.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

I can see it this way, though you do indicate by your wording here (the rest of A2's points) that a footnote mentioning A2 does credit A2 with the points, it's just not crediting them in the same place in the scorebook.

If anything, it's crediting A2 with making a boneheaded mistake.

[jeffpea]

thank you to all......representing, snaqwells, hartsy, jurassic referee....for giving me one hell of a headache (caused by simmering laughter followed by a violent slam of my had against the nearest wall)!

i was curious to see how long this discussion (which is a complete waste of time) would go (boy there's 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back...)

can I make a suggestion to everyone who posts on this board? stop having to always be right.

you all are saying essentially the same thing and arguing over who is right and who is wrong because you have an insatiable desire to be right and prove others wrong....

while we officials strive to "always be right", please understand that is a goal that can NEVER be accomplished....

back to your regularly scheduled programming...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeffpea

thank you to all......representing, snaqwells, hartsy, jurassic referee....for giving me one hell of a headache (caused by simmering laughter followed by a violent slam of my had against the nearest wall)!

i was curious to see how long this discussion (which is a complete waste of time) would go (boy there's 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back...)

can I make a suggestion to everyone who posts on this board? stop having to always be right.

you all are saying essentially the same thing and arguing over who is right and who is wrong because you have an insatiable desire to be right and prove others wrong....

while we officials strive to "always be right", please understand that is a goal that can NEVER be accomplished....

back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Feel free to stop reading my posts, you wouldn't be the first. How's the air up there?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by jeffpea

while we officials strive to "always be right", please understand that is a goal that can NEVER be accomplished....

Speak for yourself.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jeffpea

Can I make a suggestion to everyone who posts on this board? Stop having to always be right.

No problem. From now on I will only post wrong answers to questions. In my case, that won't be too difficult to do.

Shooting at the wrong basket counts double for the team that scored, but then the player that scored in the wrong basket gets a two minute penalty and his team has to play four against five, unless he's physically restrained by the third base coach, in which case it's intentional grounding. How's that?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

How's that?

It's warrants a yellow card. Go sit in the penalty box.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

It's warrants a yellow card. Go sit in the penalty box.

Maybe we should incorporate some sort of penalty box mentality to basketball on unsporting Ts. On top of the current penalties, the offending team has to play short for 30 seconds.