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...sorry Billy...hoped you wouldn't mind.
(probably doesn't really matter anyway...I think good ol' BBR has me "locked out")
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Enough of stating the obvious by one not affiliated with IAABO, thus not permitted to participate in the thread anyway because it wasn't for my eyes to begin with.
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IOW, how can it be a stationary elbow if the player is pivoting at the hips? We now return you to "Let's make fun of the IAABO."
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Freddy's Gonna Love This Post ...
I love the signal that we use for "halfway through halftime", the toilet flushing.
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At my IAABO interpreters meeting, we were not told to never use the signal and I did not realize it had been taken out of the book until I read your post. The big discussion on the 'not closely guarded' signal was that it was a not working and the closely guarded count was not being enforced correctly and is a POE this year. The guest interpreter who spoke at our meeting, used the example of a mens college game he had watched on tape where the ref was using the not closely guarded signal and the 2 players the ref was signalling for were inside his outstreched arms. Obvioiusly, he was using the signal incorrectly. I would guess that the closely guarded POE and it not being enforced correctly is the reason IAABO took the signal oout of their book this year. What I took away from my meeting was it was okay to use the signal but be very careful and be sure you are accurate. Six feet from toe to toe is a lot farther apart than refs have been calling/counting.
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The "not closely guarded" signal is the stupidest mechanic ever and I have never (with apologies to the late J. Dallas Shirley) used it in any game where it is sanctioned for use (both high school and college). When I was a very young basketball official (I know, I have never been young), an older official, who I consider one of my mentors, told me that when you officiate, "you have nothing until you have something." If I do have a "closely guarded situation" then I am visually counting and if I do not have a "closely guarded situation" then I am not visually counting.
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Oh well... ...thanks again, Billy, for the oportunity to hijack. btw...I used the "not closely gurarded" signal (albeit RARELY and in regular season games) before it was "LEGAL"...a great communication tool.
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As for the not-closely-guarded signal, I could take it or leave it. I don't find it to be the stupidest mechanic (that's another thread), but I don't see what's so ambiguous about not doing it. If the official isn't counting, shouldn't we rightfully assume he's still engaged?
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