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Like you, I'm high on the end of technical fouls called at UMD. I think a big factor in this is that a lot of the new referees (or even the more experienced ones) barely have the guts make their own calls sometimes, let alone call a technical. So they take abuse. I had a partner have a player literally scream into their face for about 15 seconds till I came and seperated him. Asked why he didn't tech the player, he said he almost did.
I'm pretty leniant compared to the letter of the law when it comes to technicals, just because an ejection from our intermural program is a big deal, suspension from playing the rset of the year, etc.
The automatic techs without warnings for me will be: swearing at me or my partners, hanging on the rim, touching a ball as a defender while the offense is out of bounds. Obviously were a fight or anythign flagrant occur (luckily none of that yet!), those would also occur.
What I'm mroe leniant on is constant complaining, slamming the ball, or loud profanity. Most of those will get 1-2 warnings and then a WHACK. The other night had a player slam a ball after thinking he was fouled. Warning. Next time down the floor he made a basket and thought he was fouled again, slams the ball again. WHACK!
But most of my techs come from direct profanity torwards me or a partner.
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