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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
1. It would never happen. Have you ever had a player throw the ball of his own head out of frustration? I've never seen it, but I have had quite a few players utter profanities out of personal frustration.
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I have seen a kid in a football game hit himself in the head with a helmet because he was being called ethnic names (which were not heard). Touching the ball with someone's own head is not completely out of the question. From my point of view it would depend.
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
2. The direction from my state has nothing to do with bouncing the ball out of frustation, it was all about profanity, so it's not even applicable to my point.
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I have no problem with that as long as everyone agrees what is profanity.
There are words here that some would be offended by and cannot be used and others would not be offended. So what is profanity and what is considered OK? Some would say "Oh MY GOD!!!" is inappropriate (and yes someone has wanted me to give a T for this BTW) because it uses the Lord's name in vain. Now I am a Christian and I believe in living like a Christian as much as possible, but I am not giving a T for a religious belief, but there are those that think this is out of bounds.
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Does the object of the player's frustation have any bearing on how we call unsporting T's? Yes, absolutely. Does that exempt a player from penalty if he's directing it towards himself? No.
And for the record, I'm not advocating you (or jeffpea) go against the prevailing norms in your areas. If a player shouting "sh1t" loud enough for the maintenance crew to hear it in the basement isn't all-but-automatic for you, so be it.
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I did not tell you that what you were told was wrong. Just understand that everyone has not been given those directives and everyone does not fell without such directives those are things we need to penalize. If my state or assignors take a different stance I will take it. Just like they have about uniforms in my area and if you want to work post season, follow the expectations or sit at home.
Peace