Right on, Jack. Sounds like the first T was issued a bit too quickly, but that depends on whether he'd been complaining like that throughout the game already or, as Jack said, how forcefully he said it. In a rec or intramural league, you have to expect a lot more comments than you would in an interscholastic game. Not that you have to take it all, but a bit more leniency is in order given the nature of the game. But at some point, if it (as is common) goes on and on, you then put a stop to it by letting the players you've heard enough and "no more." At that point, the T's are needed. As for the second T, sounds definately warranted, but I don't know about tossing him. I'd first give the T, then let him know I'd like him to be able to stay in the game but he'd better just play through any disagreements. Again, it's rec league, so you don't want to be TOO quick to issue T's or ejections.
[This message has been edited by Todd VandenAkker (edited February 17, 2000).]
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