Profanity?

[mick]

Originally posted by JRutledge
Basically they told him that(assignor and tournament organizer doing the talking) he should have passed on the T. They further said that the game was decided and there was not a need to "send a message" at that point. The calling official disagreed. He felt that this kid cursed at him, and because the player did this and many other players heard him, he felt that he need to get the message that his actions were not acceptable. And finally the assignor told him that, "If an assignor were to see the actions of the player and the actions that you took as a result, that assignor would think you did not know how to handle the game."

Comments about the story.

Rut,
I agree with your thoughts on cursing, but that darn Assignor and Tournament director....

On the surface, I am with your partner. It seems he did what he had to do.
If it was a solid call, the TD was doing that " please the customer thing", and the assignor was covering his back.
Now, if there was a really, really bad call that caused this commotion, if there was a whole lot more to the story, then maybe I could understand them saying something.

Last year, at a Team Camp, I called a late intentional foul right in front of 3 coaches and the TD. (a kid pushed the back of an opponent making an open lay-up.)

After the game I mentioned that I hated to make that call at that point in the game. But in my case, they agreed that it had to be made because the kid was so wrong.
mick