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Originally posted by BktBallRef
"...Waste of ink." - mick
mick, I was looking for the correct words and maybe "unsporting" ain't it. I'm just really interested to hear how others are handling this situation, as we've previously received no instruction on it from our state office.
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Tony,
If both teams are running lay-ups during warmups, and one team is stepping on the "other" side of the division line, my attention is peaked.
When the home team comes in and runs around the entire court, I look for angst.
When the pre-game celebration happens in the center circle, I feel nothing.
In Michigan, as a matter of course, as the players are introduced they run to the opposing team's bench and shake someone's hand.
[On soap box....]
I think that is lame. After the game, fine... shake hands (also a matter of course in Michigan). Before the game... not for me.
I think that the players should hit the floor with every intent to whup the opposing team within the rules and the guidelines of sporting behavior. Making them shake hands, before a game, proffers a two-faced society.
Each State association knows where they are having troubles, and I tire of FED directives that are half-spelled out, and half thought out, to appease some fragile personalities.
[...off soap box.]
mick