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Originally posted by Troward
Situation in a youth Rec game last night where 6'2 A1 recieves the ball on the blocks for a sure basket when he drops the ball. Defender 5'7 B1 kicks the ball intentionally as A1 is bending down to pick it up. A1 is pissed off as B1 could have kicked his fingers and says that is "F***in unsportsmanlike to be kicking at my fingers". B1 replies sincerely "that he just made a great defensive play by saving a lay up if A1 had picked up the ball."
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No question that A1 should have been ejected for his language. Since when do we not call fouls for the F-word because we agree with the sentiment? Where the bomb is actually aimed at an opponent, it should be an automatic ejection (Folks -- just to rub it in a little, this is an item on my "list" referred to in a previous post. And it's a correct judgement, don't you think? Sometimes that list has been very helpful!)
If any foul was called on B1, it would have to be intentional -- illegally taking away an obvious advantage. But I'm not sure you can call that on a violation, where there is no player-to-player contact. You might go ahead and call it and then "realize later" that you were wrong. But it does seem that there needs to be something stronger than a violation to call here.
On the other hand, if he only got ball and there was no contact with the fingers, it was actually a pretty good play. Nothing unsportsmanlike about swinging at the ball when it is near another player. It's done a lot!