I lost the number in an 8th grade rec game last Saturday. Dribbler tries to go between 2 defenders (everyone moving in different directions), in this order...defender on the left makes contact, defender on the right makes contact, dribbler falls in a heap and bangs his head on the floor as I blow my whistle for a foul. Kid just lays there and coach runs on the floor.
I get everyone away from the kid so they have room to check him out and it dawns on me I haven't reported the foul. I can remember both defenders number (11 and 22) so I figure, what the heck...I have 50/50 chance..."I have white, 11, push...blue ball on the sideline". W11 yells "11, I was on the right...he was bumped into me." I just tell him "First contact was minor and deemed incidental, your contact however cause the player to go down. That was the foul." He said "Oh...OK" and turned back to his coach.
If you can't dazzle 'em with your brilliance...baffle 'em with your BS"
