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Deceipt is not the issue here.
Safety is almost the only issue that could have come into play, and if BU felt this was a fake tag (from the description, I wouldn't have a fake tag, but obviously we don't have the umpire's viewpoint represented here), then the award could be appropriate.
Perhaps, since you aren't an umpire, there was more to it --- was F4 in the basepath without the ball, causing the runner to slow down? And if so, did the umpire feel that the runner would have reached 3rd base had he not slowed down? This is a stretch, but it's possible.
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