Reminds me of that old "what to do if a player does not take the ball OOB on a throw-in after a made basket" debate.

:eek:

Here's one that I saw the other day.
Watching the JV game before mine and at the end of the second quarter, I notice one of the officials going over to the fans and he says something, and keeps holding up two fingers, and says, "read the rule".
So, just for curiosity's sake, I ask him what that was all about. He says,"the fans were counting 5,4,3,2,1" when there was actually more time than that on the clock!:confused::rolleyes:
They actually got a girl on the visiting team to throw up a shot with :10 left!:D
I told him to stop wasting his time.:rolleyes:

Hmmm. Can't be both, now, can it?

Chuck

Au contraire. If you recall, my opinion in fact was supported by the rules in that case!! As was made perfectly clear in this year's rulebook!

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/derr.gif

Chuck

This year's high school yearbook. :p

Yearbook? Rulebook.

[Edited by Dan_ref on Feb 13th, 2003 at 12:22 PM]

Sure it can. Putting in the starters when syou'r up 127-3 is unsporting, but certainly legal; Refusing to shake hands with the other coach is unsporting, but legal; etc. . . .

Good point, hawk. But if a player on the floor commits an unsporting act, then that's not legal. I mean, that's exactly why we have unsportsmanlike technical fouls.

I agree that there isn't a rule specifically adressing this but I definitely consider yelling at a player shooting a layup an unsporting act. However, I would probably talk to the player when I had the chance and tell them not to do it again rather than give them a 'T' right away. Since this situation usually only happens once maybe twice a game I may let the first one slide and then talk to them if it happens again, but I don't think this warrants a 'T' right off the bat.

Unsporting acts are not all defined, they are ill-defined.
We judge whether the act was worthy of penalty or whether the act is characteristic of ill-breeding, poor coaching, or a general lack of savoire faire.
This is a judgment we are paid to make, much like the varying levels of cursing. We draw our lines.

Now, I ask, <LI> is it better to judge the act of yelling an unsporting act and not calling it,<LI> is it better to judge the act not unsporting and not calling it,<LI> is it better to judge the act not unsporting and calling it?
mick

Does the fake "cutting under" the shooter also fall into this category? Figure it does, because I've never seen a call based on that action.

Easy cure
 

Use some preventative officiating (hs level mainly). Quietly tell the player you do not want them doing that anymore and 99% if the time they will stop. Problem solved w/ 2 seconds of PO.

Throw-in not OOB
 

Could someone either recap the "throw-in" thread or point me to the link?

Rich

Re: Throw-in not OOB
 

After a made basket by A, B doesn't take the ball out of bounds before "throwing it in."

Options (prior to this year): 1) Immediate violation; 2) Wait five seconds for violation; 3) Blow the whistle and bring them back to do it correctly.

This year's clarification: 1)

Re: Re: Throw-in not OOB
 

There were never any options prior to this year. It was always a violation from the very begining.

I knew I could get this thing cranked up again!

I am so proud of myself! :D