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Originally Posted by HokiePaul
I completely agree with the majority here--this is legal and should be ignored by the official.
However, interesting that if that player were to be shouting 1, 2, 3, instead of ball, ball, ball ... the majority on this forum (not me) seem to suddenly have a different opinion.
https://forum.officiating.com/basket...-annoying.html |
Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing.
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Originally Posted by jTheUmp
The difference is that one of them can be seen as making disparaging comments about the officiating, and the other is just someone saying "ball, ball, ball".
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The times that I have seen this, the defender is in no way making disparaging comments about the officiating, but rather trying to get into the head of the opponent, similar to the bench or fans counting down the end of the quarter when there is still 15 seconds left. Would you still disallow it if you can confirm, with certainty, that it isn't directed at us?