Wrong-direction jurisdiction

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

1. If you administer a throw-in to the wrong team and it inbounds the ball and scores, can you cancel the points and give the ball to the proper team?

2. Honestly, it would depend upon who my partner is. It seems to me that some guys need to have egg on their face and I'm not willing to bail them out. Others are wonderful people who can just be in over their heads on certain games or aren't good with the oddball plays and need some help once in a while. I don't mind throwing them a life preserver. I know that answer won't be universally popular and probably will get criticized as unprofessional, but we all know guys who have huge egos that we wouldn't mind seeing be at the center of a colossal screw-up. The risk is that you could go down with them, if you are on the game even though it wasn't your call.

I think, in most cases, making the call would be sufficiently embarrassing to the guys with big egos. I'm not sure I'd want my game to land in the crapper to prove a point, though.

I'd probably make the call, although I can imagine the odd scenario where I'd leave a partner out to dry on this one.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by Adam

I think, in most cases, making the call would be sufficiently embarrassing to the guys with big egos. I'm not sure I'd want my game to land in the crapper to prove a point, though.

I'd probably make the call, although I can imagine the odd scenario where I'd leave a partner out to dry on this one.

Yeah, there's a good chance things could get weird in the locker room, but in the long run it's the best thing for the game and you. I would think an assignor would praise you for bailing out your partner and the game. Hell, we all have brain farts (some worse than others).

[OKREF]

I would have no problem making the call, or having my partner make the call. In the end its about getting it right. If I make that call and my partner wants to gripe about it, first I'm asking why he didn't get it, then I'm packing my suitcase up and scratching him off my list.

However, there is no way to retroactively go back and call the violation if it is missed by both.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Yeah, there's a good chance things could get weird in the locker room, but in the long run it's the best thing for the game and you. I would think an assignor would praise you for bailing out your partner and the game. Hell, we all have brain farts (some worse than others).

The only way I can imagine not making this call is if my partner had already tried to chew my ass for making a call in his primary. I think that's what Nevada is talking about, too.