Neither jumper jumps
 

Question asked by a local official:

Suppose neither jumper jumps during the opening toss. The NOTE after 6-3-8 says that the jumpers will be ordered to jump if neither do. Suppose neither jump after being ordered to do so. What recourse does the R have?

Apparently, this scenario is possible in a postseason game because one team cedes the tip and uses the jumper and another player to trap the person who actually gets the ball. The other team has decided to not jump in order to not play into that game...

Double player technicals?

To start a game?? Even if this is OT, what kind of strange stategy is this? How about rather than I toss it between you two, I'll just throw it off one of you and then see what happens:eek:

Coin toss?

Oh wait, that's already been proposed.

Bat the ball off of one of the players ;)

When you toss the ball and it comes down on the floor, grab it and go make a layup. Tell them you're going to continue to do this until they jump. Either they'll jump the next time, or you'll win the game!

Seriously though, does this fall under "actionless contest"?

That would be interesting, but we'd still have a jump ball afterwards.

I was thinking more 10-1, Art 5
 

Team Technicals:

Delay the game by preventing the ball from being made promptly live or
from being put in play. See 7-5-1 and 8-1-2 for the resumption-of-play
procedure to use after a time-out or the intermission between quarters. The
procedure is used prior to charging a technical foul in these specific
situations.

Of course, as Rich points out, if you do this, now what?

Jump again. Double T again if you have to. Is this T indirect to the coach? 3 of those, and we have new head coaches, right?

Nope no indirects

After you get tired of throwing the ball without anyone jumping, just call a violation on one of the non-jumpers, award the other team the ball, and set the arrow that way. Even if you have to make up a violation it will work, the coaches dont have any idea what is or isnt a violation during the jump ball.:D

Funny.

And true (and therefore sad) at the same time.

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I spent a wasted few minutes trying to explain to a partner why yelling out "hold your spots" to all the nonjumpers was not a smart thing to do.

He thinks I'm an idiot, I'm guessing.

Call 2 new players in for the face-off.

Yeah, but they'd be pretty motivated to jump, wouldn't they? Nobody wants to pick up his/her 2nd technical before the game even gets going.