[Ref in PA]

As a player, I was knocked to the floor from a basketball thrown at the back of my head (by my own brother no less) who accused me of elbowing him - which I probably did after a two handed shove I received in the back.

The activity is used to "fellowship" less active members and non-members alike. There have been countless games with people of suspect morals. But as rotationslim said, the goal is to have a mixing activity for those who might not otherwise go to a church - and they certainly mix it up on occaision. The basic role of the ref (if present) is to determine who gets the ball when it goes out of bounds.

And, I have never seen a bigger bunch of whiners - except for a High School Alumni tournament - they were worse, but the police were present to prevent and physical entanglements.