Leaving Court Unauthorized

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by theboys
Okay, Mark, I'm an ignorant howler monkey, so I'll bite. :-)

From the discussion on this post I assumed it was because we only had four players on the floor. Where did I go wrong?

While the rules specify that a team consists of 5 players
there is no penalty for accidentally playing with fewer than
5. The T occurs when A5 realizes he should be on the floor
and runs in unbeckoned.

BTW1: IMO putting the ball in play with the wrong number of
players on the floor is always the fault of the refs on the
floor. It aint hard to count to 5 twice.

BTW2: Don't you coach little kids, like 8th graders? What
kind of behavior is that for parents? Sounds as bad as
little league

EDIT Oops, never mind, just reread your original post.
In this case the refs should hang their collective heads
in shame.


[Edited by Dan_ref on Nov 12th, 2002 at 10:12 AM]