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Originally posted by JRutledge
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I completely understand TH. You have a state policy in place that mandates you to do certain things. There is nothing wrong with that, but in my area and others, there is no such "specific" policy. In 10-3-8b, you are right that certain language or behaviors can and should be T'd. But I really do not think anyone is objecting to that. It is just who is saying what to whom. I had a game were I fouled out a kid, and as I was reporting the kid passed me and said "I did not f**king touch him." Well I immediately gave him a T, and I was the only one that could have heard him. The coach wanted and explaination, and I gave it to him and we had no further problems. But even if he was not fouling out of the game, all that I would have done is give the kid a T, that is it. I would not consider the action flagrant unless that kid threatend me directly or tried to intimidate me in some way. Neither happen and a just giving him a T was enough. But if NC has different rules, you have to adhere to their rules and if I lived there, I would do the same. But in this area, the kid would have to be directing his/her comments toward me or an opponent in a certain way for me to just eject them.
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Putting aside state mandated ejections for profanity this
is an interesting discussion. I think Rut is correct,
it comes down to a matter of perception in a lot of cases.
If in Rut's case the layer screams "I did not f**king touch
him." then there's no question, T and possible ejection.
If he says it to you as you're reporting the foul then
you've got to bang him, it's just you and him in the middle
of the floor and most people can lipread what was just said,
even if only you heard it. But if you're lining up for free throws and the player wanders over, covers his mouth and
says this mano-a-mano I think I might at most give him a
stern warning or just tell him I disagree. Bottom line is
different people have different tolerance for this kind of
thing, my letting it go makes it no tougher for the next guy
who decides *not* to let it go.