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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
So, let me get this straight? The majority opinion here is that a player may, during all dead ball situations, attempt to intimidate his opponent by acting as if he's playing belly-to-belly defense. As long as no contact is made, this is acceptable?
Yet, a player who comes out and guards the officials as some sort of joke gets a technical foul?
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I cannot speak for the majority, but I do not recall that I have ever said that you should call a T on a player that is guarding an official. Secondly, officials do not have guarding rules that govern our movement. But I would think if a player was just standing next to me I would not give a T as a result. I know I stand next to players all the time so I can quietly say things to them so I can prevent things. Should my partner's then T me up for approaching a player and violating their “personal space” as was indicated here?
Peace