Correctable error quandry

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

By that reasoning, there is even more onus on A1 not to take the free throws since he was not fouled. But his team is not "punished" the way it is in the first scenario. And if it is the home table that gave the officials the bad information...and the visitors lose both the free throws and the ball?

Either way, the rules don't speak to "onus."

A1 taking FTs due A3 can be penalized with a T if it is deem to be deliberate....certainly an equitable punishment. No matter which CE scenario you come up with, the team that seems to be getting an unfair advantage through the error risk ending up worse off than if they had spoken up and made sure it was right to start with.

Maybe they don't mention "onus' in the rules but there is a reason behind most rules. They're usually not created in a vacuum.