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Originally Posted by eric.young
1) I was officiating a basketball game and the defending team kept lining up in the wrong spot. They were occupying the lane space nearest the shooter which is a violation. I chose not to inform the offending team, because frankly they have a coach who should know the rule. What would you all have done?
2)I might add that the offending teams player were whining the entire game about every single call......this may have affected my judgement.....but i chose in this instance to apply the rule.....thoughts?
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1) Tell 'em once- loudly- that they can't use the fourth spot. Call a violation each time they do so.
2) They were whining the entire game on every single call because
you let them, Eric. Iow you've got nobody to blame but yourself. It should be one warning per player to stop whining, then a technical foul after that if they don't want to listen to you. Nip it, nip it in the bud. If you don't want to do something about unsporting behavior, then don't complain about it.
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