Handing out "T's" to players (Too Much Mouth)

[mplagrow]

I absolutely agree that sportsmanship is falling by the wayside. It seems like fewer and fewer people are playing the game to have fun. We'd rather worry about how fair it is and complain about the rules. OK, so I'm overgeneralizing, but I believe it is a trend that we see much more now than 10 or 15 years ago.

Last year I had a BJV game in which everybody had the "Who me?" act after any called foul and an indignant look after every no-call. I finally held the ball before administering a free throw and said, "OK guys, I realize that none of you has EVER committed a foul before tonight. Yet somehow, each one of you is being hacked every time you go up for a shot! Come on, guys, lets just play the game!" Everyone laughed and we moved on. If the coaches won't teach the kids that GAMES are FUN, I will do my best to do it!