You make the call

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Did he offer you a drink? It's hard work chasing these young ins around

I agree. It is only an infraction of the rules if I am not offered my own bottle of ice cold water.

MTD, Sr.

[Nevadaref]

Whack. Assess a technical foul for bringing an object onto the court during game play which could pose a safety hazard. This falls under unsporting behavior.
Players can't just grab anything they wish from someone on the bench during the game. Some items just aren't appropriate for the court and can't be permissible. To make the point more clearly, substitute a pair of scissors for the water bottle and say that the player desires cut tape off his wrist because it is wrapped too tightly.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Whack. Assess a technical foul for bringing an object onto the court during game play which could pose a safety hazard. This falls under unsporting behavior.

Players can't just grab anything they wish from someone on the bench during the game. Some items just aren't appropriate for the court and can't be permissible. To make the point more clearly, substitute a pair of scissors for the water bottle and say that the player desires cut tape off his wrist because it is wrapped too tightly.

You don't like employing judgment, do you? Seems like anything unusual you observe gets binned under unsporting behavior.

At worst I'm telling the coach, "hey that was kinda funny but next time please have your bench get the water bottle back before the ball is live."


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[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Whack. Assess a technical foul for bringing an object onto the court during game play which could pose a safety hazard. This falls under unsporting behavior.
Players can't just grab anything they wish from someone on the bench during the game. Some items just aren't appropriate for the court and can't be permissible. To make the point more clearly, substitute a pair of scissors for the water bottle and say that the player desires cut tape off his wrist because it is wrapped too tightly.

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

You don't like employing judgment, do you? Seems like anything unusual you observe gets binned under unsporting behavior.

At worst I'm telling the coach, "hey that was kinda funny but next time please have your bench get the water bottle back before the ball is live."


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CrossCountry:

I think that Nevada was being sarcastic.

MTD, Sr.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

CrossCountry:



I think that Nevada was being sarcastic.



MTD, Sr.

If so, he forgot to use blue ink!


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[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

CrossCountry:

I think that Nevada was being sarcastic.

MTD, Sr.

No he wasn't.

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

No he wasn't.

Yep, I'm with BNR.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Whack. Assess a technical foul for bringing an object onto the court during game play which could pose a safety hazard. This falls under unsporting behavior.
Players can't just grab anything they wish from someone on the bench during the game. Some items just aren't appropriate for the court and can't be permissible. To make the point more clearly, substitute a pair of scissors for the water bottle and say that the player desires cut tape off his wrist because it is wrapped too tightly.

The problem is that this isn't a pair of scissors.

I've said this in another forum; I'll say it here.

If you have to stretch a rule that thin in order to make a call that will get you in the papers, it's probably best not to make that call.

Calling this unsporting is dumbing down the definition of unsporting to the point where it could literally apply to anything.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Whack. Assess a technical foul for bringing an object onto the court during game play which could pose a safety hazard. This falls under unsporting behavior.
Players can't just grab anything they wish from someone on the bench during the game. Some items just aren't appropriate for the court and can't be permissible. To make the point more clearly, substitute a pair of scissors for the water bottle and say that the player desires cut tape off his wrist because it is wrapped too tightly.

Allow me to apply some reductio ad absurdum to your argument. Substitute a gun for the scissors. And you are only assessing a technical foul and allowing the player to remain in the game?!??!!?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

Allow me to apply some reductio ad absurdum to your argument. Substitute a gun for the scissors. And you are only assessing a technical foul and allowing the player to remain in the game?

Back to reality. Substitute towel for gun.