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Thanks for the replies and the words of welcome.
Rainmaker - I'm a Dad, so I guess just add one more male to the forum. And honestly I never rag on a ref (I keep my negative comments to myself), at least not refs at my daughter's game. Sometimes when I'm watching a college or pro game. Although it's amazing how many parents will rag on the refs at those games. And once a parent starts to jaw at the refs, every single call won't be correct as far as they're concerned. It won't stop unless the ref puts them out.
As far as the situation I asked about. There really never was any time the lane was clear, at least not after the first couple switches. Basically you had four girls standing in the lane, waiting to see where each other went, neither coach willing to give.
So I guess according to the rule cited it would be a technical foul under R10-3-6(a)- "delay the game by preventing the ball from being made live promptly...". (Thanks Jurassic).
If I understand that much, I guess my next question would be on which team, and should the "Ts" been given to specific players (if so which ones) or to the benches. And if a double T would be in order would that nullify the upcoming free throw and go to the arrow (like the official did)
In this situation accessing a T to the Coach A's big center would have been huge (because she already received one earlier in the game), she would have been ejected, right?
In this situation, the way the ref handled it really gave the advantage to the team with the arrow. But I guess, by the arrow's definition, that really isn't a very big deal.
BTW - thanks for the quick responses. I figured it would take longer so I gave it a day, I come back and the thread is pushed down pretty far. I guess I really didn't pay too much attention at first, but this board stays pretty active.
Another thing that came up in the same game...Is a bench (players not coaches) yelling at a opponent while the player is shooting free throws a T for unsportsmanlike behavior? The other team was doing this, and after the game our coach said it should have been, but sometimes he can be one of those "create your own rule book" kind of coaches. I was just wondering if he was on the money this time.
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