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Originally Posted by Larks
I think a word you can hear on broadcast TV 24/7 is not worthy of a T. Thats MY judgment on the matter.
Look, we set aside rules all the time. How many ticky tack travels have all of us passed on in a 65-15 blowout? It happens all the time but the NFHS says we are to call traveling when a player picks up his pivot for example.
Its about COMMON SENSE if you ask me. If you go around calling every infraction in the book every time, you wont be reffing very long at any significant level.
It would be different if the coach used BS or F or GD or my favorite: FinGDBSCSSOB. None of those you hear on TV and all justify somewhere between a warning and a T if they are used loudly enough to be heard.
"Damn" and "Hell" arent on that list.
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But no where does it say that network TV is the standard - the classroom is the standard, which brings me back to... is it appropriate for a teacher to say that to a student? If not, it isn't appropriate for a coach to say to a player. And if it isn't appropriate for a teacher to say it to a student quietly, neither should it be for a coach.
If we are basing our standards on television, something is wrong. We don't base our classroom standards on that, or there would be an awful lot that would be acceptable in the classroom that isn't.