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The background I believe is the following:
The team on my court is basically a bunch of talented, though rebellious, teenagers and young adults (18-25). They do get themselves in trouble with their mouths. While a game was being played on the other court, one of them had something to say about the official's call (not nice I am sure), which caused the official to respond back to the player (probably equally not nice,) and then the official subsequently asked me to start his (the players) game (the one of my court) with a tech. There is some history I bet because this team talks alot, I have even given them techs. But again, I did not see this occur, and was reluctant to assess the T. I think the original comments were not a personal attack, though profanity was used (i.e., "that was a sh*t call" etc...). This official does however over-officiate with respect to his authority being respected (in my opinion). I did issue them a stern warning and did not have a problem with them, though I told them to cool off the trash-talking...
Hope this gives you some more info...Let me know if you have any other questions...
Joe
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