NCAAW Baylor/Oregon State: Kim Mulkey behavior

[Referee24.7]

Again, we all can say what we would've done, should've done, etc etc - but at that level, when everything you're doing is on videotape - you just have to be absolutely sure you're going to be validated for the actions you take. . .

The jacket toss - absolutely - it called itself and was overt where the entire world saw it and can't be debated.

Now, I don't know how everyone handles technical fouls and administration, but the first thing to do is just pop and walk away, which is what the official did. He reported the technical foul and went back opposite of where Mulkey was at - which is what EVERY REF should do. . .

The last thing you want to show on tape is where you're waiting for a coach to react to your technical foul (which every coach is going to react negatively to), and then ship them. . .

Now, if it was something where after the technical, she came out on the floor and was screaming and clapping her hands like a seal - again, those OVERT actions call themselves and the crew would've been validated in sending her out. . .

As for the end of game, it has to be something where she's screaming those profanities out loud, being out of her box, which she wasn't, and the hand gestures has to be incredibly overt. Again, for us, one negative outweighs a thousand positives we do out there and for them to send her for those things at 17 seconds left - the tape wouldn't have justified it. . .

To the one that states she was "sticking up for her gals" - I don't know if you meant that in a sarcastic manner, but Mulkey has always been, and always will be, about herself and that she's completely justified by what she calls emotions and how she cares about the game. . .