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Originally posted by DrakeM
"If the whistle did come from the crowd, they should have immediately stopped the game."
Why?
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Just my own opinion, but you stop it immediately b/c at least some of the players will have acted properly; that is, they will have "played the whistle". Coaches and officials constantly remind players to "play the whistle". Work hard, hustle, go for every loose ball. . . until you hear a whistle. Then you stop, so that a good hustle play doesn't escalate into a shoving match. We ingrain this into the players.
So the smart players are going to hear the whistle and do what they've been trained to do. . .STOP. In my opinion, you can't let some of the players continue to play when other players have properly stopped competing.
This is basically the same point I made earlier in the thread regarding an official's inadvertant whistle. If you hear a whistle, the play is dead. If the whistle is blown by a fan, you penalize the fan's team. If the fan's team can't be determined, have the home management make an announcement to the crowd about further consequences.
Again, just my opinion. But if A1 stops playing b/c he heard a whistle, and B1 dribbles by him and dunks, I think Coach A has a legitimate (and loud) complaint.
Chuck