Good Sportsmanship

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I'm not convinced of that.

While I've never had that happen in basketball, I've had that happen once or twice in soccer when I was working solo and didn't have the best angle, and I had no problem telling the player, "if you want to give up the throw-in, go right ahead."

Granted, soccer officiating empasizes judgment more than the black-and-white world of basketball, but consider this: If you decline someone forfeiting the throw-in, all they would do is stand out of bounds and take the five-second count, anyway. While we can't set aside free throws that are ordered, I don't believe this applies to throw-ins. (If someone has documentation that states otherwise, please post.)

All a team has to do is throw the ball in to the other team....in either sport. No need to violate the throwin.

[Judtech]

I think it is pretty cool how they do it in soccer/futbol, but that is something that is 'expected' from the earliest levels of the sport. Not so the case in hoops.
As for the commercial, at the end you see the official start to make a signal then hear a whistle with the NCAA slide appearing. It is giving you the impression that the call WAS changed. But I wouldn't bet on it....oh wait that is another commercial.

[Mark Padgett]

BTW - what product was the commercial for - ritalin?

[just another ref]

If you ask me, which seldom ever happens, the OP would go past good sportsmanship and into something else. Mistakes, both real and imagined, by the officials are a part of the game. Hopefully, the real ones will balance themselves and put no team at at disadvantage. So why give one back?

This would be the equivalent of a slow roller taking a funny hop over the first baseman's glove into right field. The hitter says it isn't fair and heads to the dugout.

[Stat-Man]

I've seen this commercial a number of times and every time I see it, it doesn't look like the kid actually touched the ball.