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Old Wed Dec 10, 2003, 04:08pm
mick mick is offline
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
I have to agree that this could be considered unsporting. As Chuck wrote, a player has no business talking to an opponent in this manner. Yelling "BALL! BALL! BALL!" is just plain irritating but yelling at an opponent to shoot is taunting IMHO.

A hunert years ago, I was frequently telling my man-to-man man to "Shoot it", but it was in more of a converstional tone. If I could catch his eye, I owned the ball.
Maybe that's why I am more lenient on this than others appear to be.
mick
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