FW: FW: Officiating Question

[ALACOMBE]

To revisit the combo block/charge call.  I received word back on the area of
the rulebook that covers this.  it is explained below.  It may hurt your
head to read it.  This section is basically a bail out for the refs so that
they do not have to decide if the defensive player is set.

To me this is a cop out and should not be allowed.  Try it out if you are
ever pulled over for running a stop sign...  "Yes officer, you saw me as
running the stop sign, while I feel that I came to a complete stop,
therefore it should be alternating possession and its my ball ;-)" - yeah
right...



Rule 6 Section 3
Alternating-Possession Situations
A.R. 4 (Men) A1 drives to the basket and (a) the referee calls a
player-control foul and an umpire calls a block or; (b) the referee calls a
charge and an umpire calls a block.  RULING: This is uncharacteristic of a
double personal foul where one official adjudicates the obviously committed
fouls against two opponents.  In (a) and (b) the two officials disagree that
the fouls occurred simultaneously,  In (a) the alternating possession arrow
shall be used and the ball shall be awarded at the designated spot nearest
to where the foul occurred.  When the ball is awarded to either Team A or
Team B, there shall be a reset of the shot clock.  To award the ball to Team
A with the expired time instead of using the alternating-possession arrow
would be unfair, since one of the fouls in question may have been committed
when A1 was in control of the ball.  In (b) although the two officials
disagree as to whether there was a charge or block, the ball was released by
A.1. During a try in flight there is no team control.  The
alternating-possession arrow shall be used and the ball shall be awarded at
the designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred.  Since there is no
team control, there shall be a reset of the shot clock when the ball is
awarded to either Team A or Team B.