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Originally posted by JohnBark
well, i guess a team warning would be ok. but, what happens if it happened again later in the game. and once again, you aren't sure who said it. that's my only sticking point. i certainly won't penalize a player for something i'm not sure he/she did. that was the whole point to the original post. if you hear the "f-bomb" from the team huddle during a TO, who do you penalize? that type of language is not called for. and i believe after reading all the post, that a TEAM T under 10-1-8 would be the appropriate ruling. you can't penalize a player, because you don't know who said it. and you can't directly penalize the coach either, because he didn't say it. but, i bet by issuing a TEAM T, that language will no longer occur during that game.
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John, the problem with warning a team is that now you're giving the other team a free shot at doing the exact same thing. It sure isn't fair to warn one team and then nail the other one without giving them a similar warning.
There was no doubt that the actual "act" did occur-- you heard it and you absolutely knew for sure what team it came from too. That team sure can't complain that they're getting penalized for nuthin'. There also is no reason for them to stop throwing F-shots around in the future if they know that all they're gonna hear from an official is "please don't do that again".
Btw, I also can't believe that assignors or AD's or league administrators anywhere won't back you up if you do call that "T" either.