correctable error

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by williebfree
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Originally posted by fletch_irwin_m


Unfortunately, TWO officials let this one slide WAY TOO LONG..... and it would be an extremely difficult position to take.
Comments?

I kinda think once you've got 7 seconds gone by it looks a lot more like Fletch's No. than No. 2 . . . In No. 2, obviously, one would hope that the whistle would get blown long before the ball made it to the other end of the court . . . but if the official chops the clock, both officials follow the play down court and signal a good basket, and signal the end of the quarter, then I think, despite the unfairness, the rules require use of the correctable error rule because that is exactly what happened: the officials made a correctable (and terribly embarassing) error. (And I do agree that in No. 2, the result is not particularly fair.)