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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
This is a player T in FED. Counted just as if he popped off to the ref or slammed the ball on the floor.
I hit a kid with this a few years ago, and he later got a 2nd T for unsportsmanlike conduct.
I called the office to report it, and they said he wouldn't get suspended because one of the T's was not really an unsportsmanlike T. I was relieved.
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I agree with that conclusion and had one like that similar in the past. The game suspension should only be used for unsportsmanlike acts, not simply two T's.
Imagine a player who gets a T to start the game because they're wearing an illegal jersey. Later, they get blood on it and leave the game. Without notifying the officials or the table, they change to a clean shirt and come back into the game. The commit a foul and it is discovered that they changed numbers. Another T.
You may not actually call these T's but for the sake of argument, let's assume they get called. By the letter of some state's rules, this would create a suspension for the player when in reality, neither is suspension worthy.
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I have actually asked the asst. director of our state association about this. He told me that two Ts and a disqualification from a game would result in an automatic suspension for the next game no matter whether the Ts were behavior related or not.
I originally didn't believe this was proper, but after I had some time to think about this for a while, I have concluded that this is the correct stance to take.
To explain why I have two reasons:
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I had a game in which a player was T'd by my partner in the 1Q for complaining about his calls. In the 2Q this player broke the throw-in plane and hit the ball while it was still in the thrower's hands. I gave him his second T of the game. This player was DQ'd and had to sit out the following game.
While some may feel that this is harsh, I look at it from the other side. This kid is actually getting a better lesson on why he should not be yapping at the officials. If he hadn't received that first T for his mouth, he wouldn't be sitting at all.
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Lastly, I'll state that the reason interfering with the throw-in is a T is because it is considered unsporting behavior. The game is supposed to be a sporting contest and certain acts in the game are clearly not in the spirit of fair play. The throw-in example is one, and the same is true of changing your jersey and not informing the officials/scorer or a pre-game dunk (showing off or intimidating the other team).
In fact, I would have to check, but I think that all player technicals could well be considered unsporting behavior.
Therefore, those who say that the kid should not be suspended for a game would have to answer this point convincingly before I would join their ranks again.