[Rich]

Working a JUCO men's game this afternoon, I called a routine foul against a player from the visiting team. They committed quite a few of those out of the gate in the second half, BTW.

As I was going to report it, the player, politely as can be, asked me, "When are you guys going to stop cheating us?"

I politely whacked the player, who seemed amazed as he asked me, "Can't I ask you a question?"

The coach subbed the player. As we were shooting free throws I stole a glance at the bench and I could tell the coach asked the player what he said. The player told him. The coach's head sank slowly into his hands.

We ran into the coach on the way out and he asked me if that was the easiest technical foul I'd ever called. I said it was certainly the strangest.