[fullor30]

Originally Posted by slow whistle

ok let's think about that for a second though since your right this is just a forum discussion..the situation i described is team A down 5 with 2 seconds to go. for all intents and purposes that game is over. in my scenario i tech team A, how does that do anything to swing the outcome of the game? in your game you tech team B, thereby creating a scenario where a not so close game just got close, and that call has potentially swung the outcome of the game. now we can debate the rules support for either call all day long (which we have), but my call is a hell of a lot less controversial as far as the outcome of the game goes and there is a lot less need to hit the parking lot early...i'm not saying your call would be wrong, but if team A ends up tying the game in regulation and winning in overtime, i think the likelihood of us needing a security escort out is higher in your scenario than me teching team A and team B winning by 7 instead of 5....now of course none of this is any reason to make a call or not make a call when it is the cut and dry correct call, but i think it is a little dramatic to imply that you would have to run from an unsporting T in that situation...again i just go back to "in the spirit of fair play"...can you think of another situation where baiting an opponent into a technical foul would not be a technical foul on the "baiter"?

Where did I post that?

I respectfully ask at what level do you officiate?