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Originally posted by PS2Man
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Originally posted by MN 3 Sport Ref
PS 2, Dan, rut,
I agree with using discression and preventative officiating for a minor "quiet" obscenity or gesture, but you are telling me you would not T a kid that turns to you and says F**K YOU after a call? Is it because we are not punishing this that our dignity as officials continues to come under increasing attack???
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I think you are scrambling the issues.
You have the right to do what you feel is best. But if I called a T for an action when a player cursed at themself, I would have some problems to deal with. Especially at the varsity and college levels. All I have ever said was make a decision based on context. I never said it was OK to curse the official out. Profanity is prohibited, but so is handchecking. Both have a context to what is going on in the game. Calling a handcheck when a player is not trying to go to the basket is just as bad as calling profanity on a player for using language to themself. That is just my opinion.
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PS@ re read what MN 3 said, he said the exact same thing as you, it isn't him that is scrambling issues. He agreed about discretion, and pointed out that "f**k you" doesn't fall into that category, and from what I can tell it wouldn't in your book either...