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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Juulie - here's what I would have done.
A1 is about to shoot free throws. A1 is discovered to be wearing earrings. I would make A1 leave to remove the earrings and wait for her. If she refuses to remove them, she is out of the game and her sub can shoot. However, I would not let A1 reenter the game at all, even if she then removes the earrings because that would give an advantage to team A.
If the howler monkey complains, stick a banana in his yap and scratch him behind his ear. He'll calm down.
BTW - if you still need to give up games because of your trip to Metricslovakia, let me know. Thanks.
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Mark -- The reason I didn't see the earrings before the game was that the player didn't arrive until late into the second quarter. When she played, she left her long thick hair and it covered up the earrings.
There were only 41 seconds left and A1 had already indicated that she wasn't going to take them out, so I didn't have to worry about letting her back in, thank goodness. The howler monkey was Ken Johnson! who was late getting to the game. The coach I had talked to before the game was someone else whose name I can't remember. He never said a word during the whole discussion, which annoyed me. Although I saw him explaining to Ken later, which I suppose is why Ken came over after the game and apologized.
I was so exhausted Tuesday evening, that I hadn't fully processed this incident, but yesterday, I realized how much better I'd handled it than I would have a year ago. Y'all would have been proud of the way I stood up to this coach who is the organizer of this league, and has a lot of clout. I never lost my temper, but I stuck to my guns, and managed to say the right thing to get him to back down gracefully. And he did apologize later. I feel like I've taken a huge step forward!
Next time, I'll either let the sub shoot, with the stipulation that A1 not return to the game; or I'll clear the lane, let A1 shoot and then let the sub in.