The end of court storming?

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by Adam

What sort of a rule change to the game would have any effect on this at all?

Agreed, I don't think you could change a game rule to prevent something like this, it would have to be a conference-to-conference administrative rule or something like that.

That said, we all know the rules state that the jurisdiction has not yet ended as the officials were still on the court, would anyone call a flagrant (or anything else) during this scenario??

[deecee]

Knee jerk reaction is to get rid of storming the court. The proper reaction is to punish the idiots that started and escalated this.

Pegging the opponent. STUPID
Charging 100+ fans of the opposing team. STUPID
Going after a home player who said something to idiot #1 who chucked the ball. STUPID

The problem isn't the act of storming the court, which has happened hundreds of times without incident, it's the act of a small handfull of guys that can't control themselves and do STUPID things.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by frezer11

Agreed, I don't think you could change a game rule to prevent something like this, it would have to be a conference-to-conference administrative rule or something like that.

That said, we all know the rules state that the jurisdiction has not yet ended as the officials were still on the court, would anyone call a flagrant (or anything else) during this scenario??

Yes! The ball toss would get a flagrant from me. In what ensues after that...I would most likely be at a loss as to what to do to whom, unless replay is allowed the dodge ball superstar is the only one I would most likely get.

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by deecee

Yes! The ball toss would get a flagrant from me. In what ensues after that...I would most likely be at a loss as to what to do to whom, unless replay is allowed the dodge ball superstar is the only one I would most likely get.

My fault, I didn't word that question very clearly, I agree that I'd likely nail the kid who threw the ball, what I really meant to ask is would you try to use your jurisdiction as an official to penalize the actions that ensued AFTER the ball toss?

[BigT]

I did a pre-season scrimmage between these two schools and it went well. Makes me wonder what on earth happened in this game. I am so happy Utah will be known as the first school to have a student go down and hit an opposing player...

*hides*

[stripes]

I happened to see one of the three officials this morning in the SLC Airport. We talked for a few minutes about the game and what happened. What a mess.

[grunewar]

HS Regional Boys Semi-Final Game last night, winning team's fans prematurely stormed the court in the remaining few secs - WHACK!

Winning coach in today's paper, "Luckily it didn't decide the game for us."