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Old Mon Dec 13, 2004, 01:08pm
whistleone whistleone is offline
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Quote:
Originally posted by blindzebra
You actually got off lucky. I know an official that back peddled at a camp and got clipped by a player from the next court.

The first thing to hit the floor was the back of his head, he got a skull fracture and was in intensive care for several days and in the hospital for a couple of weeks. It was over 2 months before he got the okay to get back on the court.

Back peddling is a bad thing to do.
[sarcasm] What exactly are these back peddlers selling? How do they have time to do that while officiating a basketball game? [/sarcasm]
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