Blowouts and T's

[Junker]

First of all, thanks for the opinions. Much of what you said I thought of on my way home that night. After stepping away for a day or so and then going back and reading my journal about the game I've decided that I had to assess the T. If the player were complaining loudly to me or my partner I would have taken time to talk to her coach and let him handle it, but as soon as she starts lipping off to her oppenents (which she did with her tone and body laguage) I have to give the T. I hated doing it in a blowout and I knew what kind of effect it would have on the game, but in the spirit of sportsmanship, I still feel it was the right call. I wasn't looking to penalize the losing team, but sportsmanship is a BIG issue for all officials and in Iowa we had a number of problems with it last year particularly in the girls' games so we are really stressing it this year. Players need to understand that in life we have to develop skills to win and lose with class.