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FIBA - Article - 1.2

  • FIBA - Article - 1.2

    Heading: The Game     Sub Heading: Participant's Responsibility


    "All participants in the game, table officials, the technical delegates/commisioners, if present, all team members entitled to play, the head coaches and other accompanying delegation members should play a positive role in the smooth running of the game and are expected to always demonstrate ethical behaviour. Should they become aware of an inaccuracy (correctable error) in scorekeeping involving the score, fouls, time-outs as well as the timekeeping and shot clock operations, they are expected to notify the referees immediately to ensure and facilitate the error to be corrected in accordance with these rules."

  • RCA Explanation

  • RCA Explanation

Source & Governing Body Reference

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