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Originally Posted by jearef
You are not worrying too much about liability. The law would require you to act as a reasonable person under the circumstances. Here is my cross of you in the lawsuit:
Mr. Official, you observed this player for 3 quarters, did you not?
And how would you describe her ability?
Did it seem to you that she was a bit out of control?
I believe you used the phrase "knock them silly" in describing some of her previous fouls?
So, in your experience, she was a player with less than average ability who presented a higher-than-average risk of injury to other players?
And yet you allowed her to remain in the game after the rules said she should have been disqualified?
Case over. You lose.
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I'm not a lawyer, but "reasonable person under the circumstances" can take on a lot of different meanings....why is it so unreasonable in the course of a basketball game that a player who consistently commits hard (but not flagrant) fouls would be allowed to stay in the game as long as you as an official are under the impression that she has not reached her 5 fouls towards DQ? There are players who commit hard fouls playing at every level of basketball, what is so unreasonable about letting that player continue to play? It's not like she was walking down the street whacking people in the head knocking them silly...