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Originally Posted by bucky
... lobbed the ball towards the ref who was not looking. The ball hit him directly in the back of the head and the ref went down ...
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Not always an automatic technical foul, need some context and intent to decide.
I've had players toss me the ball thinking I was paying attention when I was actually concentrating on something else and I've been hit with the ball, and I've seen the same thing happen to partners, and in games I was observing.
(I've also tossed the ball to my partner and had a player cross the path of the ball and get hit with that ball.)
Yeah, it's probably T-worthy, but it could also just be an accident, wrong place, wrong time, no intent of unsporting conduct, or harm.
(I've also hit a player in the face while looking at the table for the possession arrow direction and pointing the direction without looking where I was pointing. Ouch. Not my finest hour.)