Pre-Game Dunk

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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If the kid grabs the rim, I'll make the call. But a gentle throwdown of the ball isn't a taunt and is no danger to the equipment.

[/B][/QUOTE]What is a "gentle throwdown of the ball"? Dropping the ball from over top of the ring ain't a dunk and never has been. My comment was that you could push or force the ball down, iow, meet the definition of a dunk, without rattling the ring. If you're throwing the ball down, the Laws of Physics say that you're putting some force behind that throw. That act now meets the rulebook definition of a dunk("driving, forcing, pushing"), doesn't it? How is an official supposed to judge when "not throwing hard enough" becomes "throwing too hard" when a player is throwing the ball down?

And how do I then explain to a coach/AD/convenor that the player they're asking about wasn't throwing the ball down hard enough?

Btw, the play of Cropduster's that I commented on said "tried to dunk". Do you agree with Cropduster on that one too, Rich? Ignore it? If so, same question- what can someone reply to a written complaint about it?

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jan 1st, 2006 at 11:20 PM]