Violation for Voluntarily Running Out of Bounds

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You shouldn't be instructing the players. That's not your role.
If the act is severe enough, then you should be penalizing it, not talking about it.
If it isn't severe enough to warrant a penalty, then you shouldn't say anything.

Save the preventative officiating for situations in which two opposing players are involved and their conduct is borderline. Preventative officiating was not intended to be an excuse for not properly calling fouls and violations. How many times can John Adams say, "make the call and the players and coaches will adjust?"

Well, most people don't answer to John Adams, I know I don't. As much as I may or may not agree with him, it doesn't matter. I can tell you, if I made this particular call and it wasn't either a) egregious (like rocky's situation) or b) a repeated offense after a warning, I'll have some 'splainin' to do.

The same as a 3 second call, IMO ("45, keep moving"). For that matter, it's similar to the coaching box ("Coach, I need you back in the coaching box") and slightly mouthy assistant coaches. The fact is, some local leadership structures want these things warned, if possible, before penalized.