Administering a false multiple

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

Bob, I follow you now. There is no definition for simultaneous foul but there is a definition for Simultaneous Foul by Opponents.

So in the OP, since there is not a definiton for Simutaneous Foul by Teammates, it is merely personal fouls that happen simultaneously. Which by definition 4-19-2, cannot be a Common foul. And therefore, 4-8-1 prohibits us from shooting Bonus FT's.

I am not sure what to make of this. This all makes sense but there is no way I could have thought this out while on the court.

I am going to have to ponder this a little longer before I give the "Always listen to Bob" line.

Well, I am mostly just playing devil's advocate. It's not really covered (i.e., 2-3) and since mbryon (I think) responded one way, I thought I'd see if the other way would work.

I seem to recall that Simultaneous Foul by Opponents was relatively recently added to the book. Before that, if A1 fouled B2 at the same time that B3 fouled A4, it was a false double foul, but there was no guidance as to what to do (who shoots first? who gets to inbound the ball?). The definition and POI ruling was added.

Some stat-head can answer whether in a typical HS game the "value" of a 1-1 FT is more or less than the value of a posession. I think they are relatively close. So, unless this happens at the very end of a close game, I don't think it matters much.