Jab by the defender on the jump shooter (non-contact)

tlynch · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 01, 2009, 09:37pm

Unsportsmanlike conduct is behavior or an act that is unbecoming to a fair,
ethical and honorable individual.

I do not see how anyone can think that attempting to distracting a shooter by faking harmful contact is not unsportsmanlike conduct. It is not ethical, fair, or honorable to distract a player in the act of shooting by pretending to harm them.

For a minor violation I would agree that a warning might be well suited for a first time offense, but calling a T is not beyond the intention of the rules.

JugglingReferee · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 01, 2009, 09:51pm

Thread resurrected after 3+ years!

canuckrefguy · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 01, 2009, 10:44pm

BillyMac · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 02, 2009, 06:31am

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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Thread resurrected after 3 years!

It's Lent.

JRutledge · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 02, 2009, 01:38am

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlynch

I do not see how anyone can think that attempting to distracting a shooter by faking harmful contact is not unsportsmanlike conduct. It is not ethical, fair, or honorable to distract a player in the act of shooting by pretending to harm them.

I have a feeling that in 3 years some of these people might have changed their mind.

Peace

just another ref · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Apr 02, 2009, 02:19am

I would think that for the most part this would be a non-issue. The shooter is concentrating on the rim, not the defender. The shooter expects to have a defender come flying at him, and the difference to that shooter in a legitimate block attempt and some kind of weird unsportsmanlike distraction attempt would probably most often not be noticed.