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Originally Posted by fullor30
That said a few times I've been hit by a pass or been bumped by a player. Truth be told, I was out of position.
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I got hammered by a player once by accident. I'm T, and I see a player going down for a layup or something. He loses the ball and the defense (D1) grabs the ball and passes it in my direction. I didn't realize there was a player to my left and behind me a little. When I saw the ball coming for my face, I ducked because I had no chance to get out of the way once I realized a player was next to me. He ends up hitting me in the head with his arm (trying to grab the ball), knees me in my lower left back and I fell down on my bad knee. I wasn't out of position, I just couldn't get out of the way. When I retell this story to non-officials, they always ask "did you eject him?". To which I reply "no, it was my fault, I don't think he knew I was there as well as I didn't know he was there until it was too late".