put ball in play across the lane?

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It's done all the time in NCAAW / NAIAW / JuCoW games in our area, Jeff. Now, sometimes, at that level, newer officials don't know they can do that, so they go across and force the other officials to adjust. At least until we can talk to them.

You got that right. The first time in a game an official forces his/her partners to switch when the play is going long is usually the last.

[APG]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

You got that right. The first time in a game an official forces his/her partners to switch when the play is going long is usually the last.

I have definitely been guilty of this!

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

You got that right. The first time in a game an official forces his/her partners to switch when the play is going long is usually the last.

For the sake of . . . what? Six or seven steps???
Is that really what all this is about?

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Freddy

For the sake of . . . what? Six or seven steps???
Is that really what all this is about?

It's six or seven steps for the new T. For the C and the new L it can be a 3/4-court change. Here's the diagram again (just because I can...)



If the new T goes to the other side of the lane that sends the C to the opposite FT line - at least - and forces the official who would have been the new L to move into the frontcourt. This assumes there's pressure on the throw-in. If there's no pressure, it forces the C to go 70 feet to become the new L. Do that a few times to the same person and see if they like you at the end of the night.

[jpgc99]

This has become one of the funniest threads I've read in a long time.