Free throw disconcertion

[SteveF]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
2-8-1
The officials shall:
Penalize unsporting conduct by any player, coach, substitute, team attendant or follower.
NOTE: The home management or game committee is responsible for spectator behavior, insofar as it can reasonably be expected to control the spectators. The officials may call fouls on either team if its supporters act in such a way as to interfere with the proper conduct of the game. Discretion must be used in calling such fouls, however, lest a team be unjustly penalized.

Simply have the person moved.

I will give you that had I called disconcertion last night I would have over stepped my authority. Stopping the cheerleaders in my opinion was stopping an unsporting act from happening. Of which I could quote the above rule in support of my actions. Read my original post I did not call disconcertion. I stopped what I felt was an unsportsmanlike act. Guess it depends on what you call sportsmanslike.