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Originally posted by mick
I still don't know who is being impolite, or telling you, or anyone else, not to be polite. Color me gone.
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Ok, you're gone, and after this I'll let it drop too. I guess by calling a player "Blue 23" you are not being impolite. Fine. But neither are you being particularly personable. Also fine. All business. Ok, I can see that.
But in my everyday non-basketball life, I express respect by addressing a person as "sir". It's just habit, I suppose. I carry this onto the court with me. I think it's nicer and makes me more personable than merely
not being impolite.
And the guy who says "we don't ref boys or men"
is saying not to express respect in that way. And I just think that's going
too far in order to be professional.
Again, just my opinion. And now, I'll be gone too. I know we all agree to be respectful to the players. We're just discussing appropriate ways of doing it.