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Originally Posted by Ignats75
sometimes the manner of the player is more important than the words.
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Sometimes? Almost always in my games.
Example:
A couple years ago, I had a H.S. Varsity player throw his hands up in the air and say something to me as I was going to the table to report a foul on him.
I simply put the whistle back in my mouth and whacked him.
The Coach motioned me over as the FT's were being shot. He asked me what the player said. I stated, "I don't know." He kind of just looked at me....and then I went on to say, "It isn't WHAT he said, it's HOW he said it."
I penalize for unsportsmanlike BEHAVIOR...the language is something else.
BTW...If a Coach asks what a player said when he/she has just been T'd for cursing....don't let the Coach get you to say the actual curse words...just tell the Coach "profanity, Coach."
You don't have to repeat the bad language.