9-1-3c
 

'No opponent shall disconcert the free thrower.'
I had a fellow official that reissued a missed free throw because the Cheerleaders were cheering during a free throw. :eek:
I have Players on the court, Bench personel and Head Coaches that come closer to this violation then the cheerleaders.

Stretch Armstrong...
 

Seems to be stretching the rule a bit. Out of curiousity, any idea where the cheerleaders were standing?

Did your partner also rule disconcertion anytime the opposing fans tried distracting the free thrower shooter and he missed?

Had a partner once ask for the ball back and re-administer in a Freshman girls game because the boys team was walking along the endline to cross the court.

It is official...commonsense is dead and buried.

Gives you practice on how to back your partner during a tough situation.

Some areas have a rule on where cheerleaders are allowed to be. If this is such an area, and if the cheerleaders were, say, under A's basket (and that's not an allowed spot), then I can perhaps see the ruling.

Of course, I'd try to dela with that before the FT was administered,

Many times I've seen chearleaders on the endline to the side of their team's basket, so, no issues there.

I've had coaches and players disconcert; I've seen other players walk the endline; I've heard a band drummer hit his drum (ball went in, told him not to do that again); I had one this yr where the PA music "accidentally" went on SUPER LOUD in the middle of a FT - unfortunatey, it was home team shooting (disconcert themselves?).

My least favorite was when one of my P's called disconcertion on a H fan at the other end of the gym and awarded another FT for V. :confused:

Unless you're Tiger...
 

As long as they aren't profane, I say they can be as loud as they want. They're fans.

Per stripes: This isn't golf.

I see a typo. I thought Bob was infallible. :)

Since we're talking disconcertion...

Does it have to verbal?

It's a slang term referring to the hip hop group De La Soul, who influenced many other artists. When you "dela with" something (or someone), you try to influence them to do what you want without resorting to a rule-based punishment (in this example, ruling disconcertion).

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

The other option, of course, is that I'm not, and never claimed to be, infallible or anything close to it.

:shaking head "no":

[QUOTE=bob jenkins;731708]It's a slang term referring to the hip hop group De La Soul, who influenced many other artists. When you "dela with" something (or someone), you try to influence them to do what you want without resorting to a rule-based punishment (in this example, ruling disconcertion).

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Man, I have to roll my boots up another level. Great come back!

One can visually and verbally disconcert.

I think I saw something about that on PBS last week. ;)