Can You Do What's Right ??

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

I'm having trouble understanding what the alternate answers are to your question. I know often we get situations on this board where there are two choices: 1) the letter of the rule book or 2) the spirit of the rule. These always lead to interesting discussions with most reasonable people at least able to see both sides of it, even if they strongly believe in one or the other.

But in your scenario, it seems to me there is one option only. Stay on the court, send an administrator in to get your partners, tell them what you saw, and then go to the table and coaches and give them your ruling (yes, I think it'd be your call and not the R's) and watch the building erupt as your sprint away. (Okay, maybe before the ruling, find some security personnel.)

See, I can't understand the reasoning behind anyone taking a pass on this. Team A didn't earn the win, they didn't deserve to win, there is no logic for them to be awarded the win. Team B got the stop they needed, they earned the state title, and you know it. What could possibly be the line of thinking for not getting the call right?

Even from a personal level, maybe you don't want to be known as the guy who "stole" the championship or whatever. But for the rest of your life you'd have to live with the fact that the wrong team left with the trophy and it was your fault. I have to believe that as an impartial official, this would eat away at you.