"I Touched It Last"

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Wasn't that a rule that required such action?

Peace

IIRC, fouler raising hand was a valid rule until about 197?. Penalty=tech
Where's MTD, Sr? Either he or Jurassic will chime in with the exact answer.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by justacoach

IIRC, fouler raising hand was a valid rule until about 197?. Penalty=tech

You remember correctly. The hand had to to go straight up..no crooked elbows. And it was an automatic "T" if you wiggled your fingers or waved your hand to show displeasure.

Terrible rule, more trouble than it was ever worth. Universally hated by officials except for a few OOO's. It was put in supposedly to help the scorers because officials weren't communicating #s to them properly. So instead of attacking the real problem...which was reporting mechanics....they put in this dumb alternative.

[Adam]

I was thinking it was a rule while I played junior high ball and was removed about the time I started high school. Would have been around the late 80s, if so, but it's not unlikely that it was just a remnant and the ms refs in my particular area were still enforcing a non-rule.