Releaseable? May 14, 2018 Rule 7 0 Forum Questions A1 has 20 seconds remaining in a releaseable personal foul. B1 is sent to the box for a 1 minute releaseable foul. Does the first 20 seconds of B1’s penalty, and the last 20 seconds of A1’s penalty, become non-releaseable? Question File Add new DuBan's Answer: Visual Text Kratz's Answer: Visual Text McCarrick's Answer: Visual Text Riti's Answer: Visual Text Tyma's Answer: Visual Text Neither foul becomes non-releasable. Because the first releasable penalty had begun being served, it cannot be made retroactively non-releasable. And since the second penalty occurred after the whistle that restarted play following the first penalty, it does not become non-releasable due to a player from the opposing team serving the first penalty. <p style="padding-left: 30px">Rule 7.2.d: "For the purpose of determining when a player or players may be released from a penalty, for all time-serving penalties called on players of opposing teams from the time the flag is dropped or the whistle sounds stopping play (whichever occurs first), until the sounding of the whistle resuming play, the longest common penalty time between players of opposing teams in non-releasable, as is all penalty time of a shorter or equal duration."</p> In order for releasable penalties to become non-releasable, they have to occur on the same play: that is, the second foul must occur before play is restarted following the first foul. Answer File Question Answered Yes No
