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Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long
My authority is the rule book pertinent to the level or code the game is being played under.
"T" or not? The authority supports my action in this sitch to say yes.
OS: other than your own gut feeling by what authority did you base your answer to say no to the "T"?
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I already answered that Daryl. If you have read all the way to this point, you should certainly understand why I choose not to enforce the T. What authority can I attribute it too? My authority as the official for the game. It is my judgment, I reason it to be an emotional knee-jerk reaction from the coach and not meant as an attack on my integrity.
When the book talks about judgment and balance of fair play, and it also talks about its important to understand the intent and purpose of a rule so that it may be
intelligently applied and/or called by the official. Most of the people out here say it's intelligent to immedately give the coach a T. I think I am the only one here that thinks it's intelligent to walk away so that I can not hear the coaches comment.
Preventive officiating. To me, the integrity of a good game that I just got to work means more to me than the coaches kneejerk comments about his hurt player. To me, if these words upset you that much that you would enforce the T in a one-point game with 24 seconds left on the clock, imo, you are not ready to officiate upper level basketball. Maybe this field is not for you. Maybe you just don't have what it takes to succeed at this because I'm here to tell you, it gets much worse than that!