WNBA Board of Governor's Approves Expanded Use of Instant Replay
Published on February 5, 2009 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2009 - The WNBA Board of Governors voted to allow the expanded use of instant replay by game officials, beginning with the 2009 season, the league announced today. The two modifications will allow referees to use instant replay for the following scenarios:
- To determine at any point during a game whether a field goal was correctly scored as a two- or three-point field goal, and, for the purposes of awarding the correct number of free throws, whether a shooter was fouled while taking a two- or three-point attempt.
- When the game clock malfunctions during a play concluding with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of any quarter or overtime period.
With respect to the first scenario, review would occur at the discretion of the game officials, and would be based on a conclusion by the crew that they cannot be reasonably certain whether the shot was a two- or three-pointer. In the second scenario, game officials are currently required to reconstruct the timing of a play occurring during a clock malfunction; the use of replay would enable them to do so with greater accuracy.
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