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He batted the ball back inbounds with one hand.
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It gets a little better today.
He called me today and left me a voicemail : He believes that since his momementum didnt carry him out of bounds, that the right call was OOB. I asked him two questions in an email that I havent heard back from him yet. 1) In that situation, what advantage was gained when he left the court and then returned? 2) A nine year old kid chasing a loose ball toward the line, does not constitute momentum? I could give two hoots in georgia about the bet, this has happened two weeks in a row and 4 different officials missed this, I just want them to get it right. What other questions can I ask that can shed the light? help me out fellas! If he believes that he left the court on purpose, should that be a warning or a technical? I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that it should never be an OOB call, correct? |
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I agree that it is a violation, but not an OOB violation, correct?
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No hassle at all really. Their time is not given, they are paid.
The problem I have now, is two fold, 1) at the start of this whole discussion, this official had no idea that you could save the ball to yourself 2) after he found out that you could indeed do this, he is trying to defend the call that was made, using the word "momentum" as a crutch to do it. Unfortunately, this is the mindset in my area, unapproachable and never wrong and never willing to learn the game. For me now, it is all principle no hassle at all. |
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I highly doubt they're paid enough to go beyond covering their mileage expenses. To me, unless you're paying them upwards of $20 a game, they're giving their time.
At that level, you aren't getting (for the most part) varsity level officials any more than you're getting varsity level coaches. I'm not saying you're wrong on points one and two, but you really need to let the principle go. You've taught him the rule. Maybe it's not a horrible thing to just take that win and let him keep his pride rather than chase down a principle and ruin a friendship.
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$20 a game, none of these officials travel more that 15 miles, this particular official does do varsity level games.
Here is the priciple - yes I agree with the win in teaching him a new rule, but it will be useless if it is not applied correctly. As is the case in my situation, now knows the rule, but chooses to mis-apply it, to fit the call that was made. Friendly banter I promise, no friendship will be lost! I do appreciate the concern, and not sarcastically either! |
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Fair enough. Here's how I read the situation, take it for what you will.
You've shown him he was wrong, and he responded by justifying the call in hindsight. That doesn't mean he'll call it that way in the future; it means he's defending his call before. Nothing more. The fact is, this is an often misunderstood rule in basketball and he now knows the proper ruling. If it was up to me, Billy's myth list would be pared down to about 5, and this would make the list.
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If that's true, OOB was not the right call. Leaving the floor voluntarily was the right call. And we're shooting.
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Shooting why?
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Confused In Connecticut ???
Are you confusing the violation for leaving the court for an unauthorized reason, with the technical foul for remaining out of bounds, and delaying a return inbounds, after a throwin pass is completed?
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