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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Great, I'll look forward to it. He always has worthwhile officiating comments. It's his partner's thoughts of which we have to be suspicious.  |
Finally, internet service has been restored. I will try to be brief and clear up misconceptions. My original words were in agreement with Bob Jenkins post and that is why I quoted him.
Euphemisms: I only used this example because "cursing" is not defined in rules. Obviosly my definition is more strict than many others on this board. There are words I do not wish to hear whether on the court or anywhere for that matter. But the only way I can make this known is to let people know it offends me. Most are polite enough and refrain from using language that might offend me.
But I am not so pious that I use my own definition of cursing to determine when I will administer the T. On the court if I hear a euphemism I do not address it at all...in one ear and out the other. I have other things more important to worry about. If the "real curse" is used (yes, even the F word)in a situation that it was so softly muttered that only I heard it and it was not addressed to another player then I can indiscreetly let the player know I heard his language and to clean it up. No penalty yet as how can I prove he said it?
This now begs the question of how to handle more vocal curses. My only options are to warn before giving T or give T with no warning. There is no doubt we hear things on the court that players say out loud that fans, coaches, etc may not hear. In those cases I can warn and again indiscreetly let coach know to prevent the language from escalating to another level.
But Nevadaref brought up a good point. He poked fun at my system as it did give the impression that in ALL circustances I give a warning first before administering a T. I think he knew already I would give a T for cursing with no warning but he wanted to give me the opportunity to say it.
There are times when warnings are not appropriate and the cursing must be T'd immediately when heard. I do not hesitate to do so when warranted. And those times I have done so I have rarely had to explain to the coach what the player said because it was already plainly evident. There have been times when the coach was already sending in the substitute.