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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by ehcco
Hi all,
In a middle school youth game other day, A1 and B1 fight for a rebound and both are holding the ball. A1 is a bigger and stronger player than B1. Referees call a jump ball. Just as the whistle blows for the jump ball, A1 rips the ball out of B1's hands and sends B1 to the floor. No contact between players other than the ball being forcefully pulled away. B1 gets hurt (banged her head on the floor but not seriously, just shaken up) from falling to the floor. B1 gets replaced. As B1 is being replaced, the referee decides to change the held ball call to a foul.
My question is, should a foul be called in this situation? The only basis for a foul I could see was excessive force but no contact with the other player was made. I would not have called the foul on player A. What do you think?
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That's a classic unsporting technical foul. The correct call is a held ball followed by a "T" on A1. It should be called- especially at the middle school level.
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Why would you call a T on a player for being stronger? The original post says the ball was ripped just as the whistle blew so it's not like after the whistle activity. It's not uncommon when middle schoolers are both tugging on the ball and one pulls it away for the other to fall.
For the play described, I would go with a held ball. However, since the calling official changed his call to a foul, maybe he saw something we didn't.