"I Touched It Last"

[Gargil]

I don't know if you have seen the commercial were the officials in a game call out of bounds off of a certain player, then during a timeout the kid tells his Coach that he touched it last and wants to do the right thing. He then goes and tells the official that he was the last to touch the ball.
Would change your call if this happened to you??

[tref]

Absolutely not!

If they want to make it "right" violate the throw-in...

[APG]

Absolutely not. That commercial is absolutely unrealistic.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Absolutely not. That commercial is absolutely unrealistic.

High school? Probably unrealistic. Middle school? Maybe. Youth/rec at any level? Not unrealistic at all.

If you want to forfeit the throw-in, I won't stop you (free-throws are a different matter), nor would I waste anyone's time suggesting to violate.

[APG]

Originally Posted by bainsey

High school? Probably unrealistic. Middle school? Maybe. Youth/rec at any level? Not unrealistic at all.

If you want to forfeit the throw-in, I won't stop you (free-throws are a different matter), nor would I waste anyone's time suggesting to violate.

I could MAYBE see a player saying something immediately when the play occurred, but after an official already ruled on the play and after a timeout? Have a hard time seeing that at any level.

Now if a team wants to violate, then none of us should stop them from doing so.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I could MAYBE see a player saying something immediately when the play occurred...

Right. I didn't take the time-out into consideration, just the correction, and I'd be cool with that.

[rsl]

I work a church youth league where 'honor calls' are encouraged. It works fine on an out of bounds call, but I don't accept honor calls on fouls. As we all know, players don't always know what a foul is and it doesn't help me control the game at all when the offense says "He didn't touch me". With good kids, however, the out of bounds honor call is a good thing.

In HS, no way, never would I let a player reverse any call.

[Adam]

The thing is, sometimes a player may think he touched it last when he didn't.

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by Gargil

I don't know if you have seen the commercial were the officials in a game call out of bounds off of a certain player, then during a timeout the kid tells his Coach that he touched it last and wants to do the right thing. He then goes and tells the official that he was the last to touch the ball.
Would change your call if this happened to you??

Had it happen a few years ago, minus the timeout...It was a blowout in the home teams favor. Second half out of bounds call as the ball is skip passed from one side to the other. My partner gave it to the visitors. As I am trying to inbound the ball the kid tells me he touched it last and doesn't want to throw it in. I tried to reason with him but he didn't want to soooo I talked to my partner and we gave it to home....by the way...HS varsity boys

[chymechowder]

Originally Posted by cmathews

As I am trying to inbound the ball the kid tells me he touched it last and doesn't want to throw it in. I tried to reason with him but he didn't want to soooo I talked to my partner and we gave it to home....by the way...HS varsity boys

Bartleby the Inbounder?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by chymechowder

Bartleby the Inbounder?

Ooh, a Melville reference on the forum!

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by Gargil

I don't know if you have seen the commercial were the officials in a game call out of bounds off of a certain player, then during a timeout the kid tells his Coach that he touched it last and wants to do the right thing. He then goes and tells the official that he was the last to touch the ball.
Would change your call if this happened to you??

I had a situation a couple of years ago, where the ball went out of bounds and I was screened so I missed who touched it last. I looked at partner and they couldn't help so I went AP. A lady right in front of the play that I knew told me it was off white. I told her I believed her but the only person I could accept advice from is another reff, but thanks. This was one of the gals that Mark speaks of sometimes!

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Gargil

I don't know if you have seen the commercial were the officials in a game call out of bounds off of a certain player, then during a timeout the kid tells his Coach that he touched it last and wants to do the right thing. He then goes and tells the official that he was the last to touch the ball.
Would change your call if this happened to you??

I've seen the commercial and quite frankly, I don't see him touching the ball ... unless the camera had a bad angle.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Gargil

I don't know if you have seen the commercial were the officials in a game call out of bounds off of a certain player, then during a timeout the kid tells his Coach that he touched it last and wants to do the right thing. He then goes and tells the official that he was the last to touch the ball.
Would change your call if this happened to you??

Would you change the call if he told you it went off the opponent?

No. Nice commercial but no.

[bainsey]

I have to wonder if some who say they would never change a call -- under any circumstances -- are motivated by fear that they may lose control.