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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Good point, hawk. But if a player on the floor commits an unsporting act, then that's not legal. I mean, that's exactly why we have unsportsmanlike technical fouls.
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Unsporting acts are not all defined, they are ill-defined.
We judge whether the act was worthy of penalty or whether the act is characteristic of ill-breeding, poor coaching, or a general lack of savoire faire.
This is a judgment we are paid to make, much like the varying levels of cursing. We draw our lines.
Now, I ask,
is it better to judge the act of yelling an unsporting act and not calling it, is it better to judge the act not unsporting and not calling it, is it better to judge the act not unsporting and calling it?
mick