Simultaneous Fouls May 21, 2021 World Games 2014 0 Forum Questions Expanding on one of the situations presented during the most recent meeting. We have a play-on for A22 playing without his crosse (he dropped in the vacinity of a loose ball). During the short play-on B1 slashes A2. Does A22 serve 30 seconds for playing without a crosse since that is a technical foul (i.e. illegal procedure)? Short play-ons help avoid these situations. but I am interested in knowing if this scenario results in a time serving penalty given that illegal procedures like this example would never result in time serving except under this or a similar situation. 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 In this example, a technical foul (illegal procedure for playing without a crosse) by Team A is followed by a personal foul (slashing) by a player on the initially offended team (Team B) during the ensuing play-on. Because both fouls occur on the same live-ball play, they are simultaneous fouls. As a result, their adjudication is different from that of the individual fouls taken separately. This is the reason that the loose-ball technical (procedure), which ordinarily results only in a change of possession, becomes time-serving. The entire illegal-procedure penalty and the first 30 seconds of the slashing penalty are non-releasable. This is the main reason that playing on should be done sparingly. Not only should play-ons be short in duration, but also they should be reserved for cases where the initially offended team has a clear opportunity to possess the ball with advantage and create an immediate scoring opportunity -- otherwise, play should simply be suspended and possession awarded by adjudication. (The only exception to this is the play-on for goalie interference.) Playing on is generally not advisable if the ball is not in or moving toward the offended team's offensive half of the field, is moving away from the offended team's goal, or is not moving to a place where the offended team has a chance to possess with advantage. Remember -- whatever the offended team stands to gain by playing on, it has to compare favorably with the alternative, which is to restart with a possession that has actively engaging opponents five yards away from the ball. The reason that the loose-ball technical foul becomes time-serving is found at the very end of the relevant rule: <em>RULE 7 SECTION 6 SIMULTANEOUS FOULS (p.84)</em> <em>ART. 1 . . . Simultaneous fouls are fouls called on players of opposing teams during: </em> <em>a. a live ball; or </em> <em>b. a dead ball when sequence cannot be determined. </em> <em>NOTE: Most live-ball simultaneous fouls do not occur at the exact same time.</em> <em>ART. 2 . . . During a slow whistle or play-on, any foul committed by the team in possession (or entitled to possession) shall result in an immediate whistle. </em> <em>ART. 3 . . . Penalty time: </em> <em>a. If there is no play-on or flag down in effect and if all fouls are technical, the fouls cancel. </em> <em>b. If the team in possession (or entitled to possession) commits: </em> <em>1. Only technical fouls, no penalty time will be served by that team.</em> <em>2. Any personal foul, all players involved will serve penalty time.</em> Answer File Question Answered Yes No
