Penalty Administration Question

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

T on A1.

B6 charged with fighting and is ejected.

Indirect on B coach.

B shoots 2.

A shoots 2 and gets the ball at half court, no arrow change.

Now, we could charge A1 with fighting as well, since the push could fall under an unsporting act that leads to another player retaliating.

Agree, but calling it a fight is a stretch imo. The melee woulda been over without B6's over-reaction.


Nevada will be along sometime though to report that some state handed down a ruling that, yes indeedy, it was a fight and A1 and B6 should both be charged with fighting flagrant fouls and ejected. Iow, it's a double flagrant technical foul. I don't agree with that ruling personally.

[Mregor]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Agree, but calling it a fight is a stretch imo. The melee woulda been over without B6's over-reaction.

Maybe. OTOH, A1 instigated it by pushing in the first place. As I recall, if a player's action causes retalliation, it is fighting.

Mregor

[deecee]

yes i can see that if B1 was the opposing fighter -- however for a player to come off the bench when B1 was gonna let it go and take the 2 ft's + possesion.

That is not fighting on A1 or anything close to that -- I could say instigation if the player that was directly effected hit back -- but if its just couple shoves each then double t's and anything that looks fishy from them again down the road dont wait just give em their walking papers.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by deecee

yes i can see that if B1 was the opposing fighter -- however for a player to come off the bench when B1 was gonna let it go and take the 2 ft's + possesion.

I could say instigation if the player that was directly effected hit back.

Basically, that's the way I looked at it too. The officials were already between A1 and B1. That one was over, so B6 coming in makes it two separate incidents instead of one imo.

[Junker]

I say A1 should hit the showers as well. Pushing a player in the chest with 2 hands is flagrant to me. I would deem that as "a personal or technical foul of a violent or savage nature" and it is also involved dead ball contact. A1 needs to go.

[Junker]

By the way, great job by B1 in keeping his cool. Maybe he should teach B6 a thing or two.

[jritchie]

Could you maybe call this a DOUBLE TECHNICAL since one caused the other...you have a dead ball contact technical by A1, then a flagrant Technical by B6 coming on the floor for fighting? off setting, no freethrows and go with the POI, which is alt possesssion arrow???? just wondering

[deecee]

no you cannot call this a double T -- 2 seperate incidents

A1 pushes B1 -- not flagrant but an unsportinglike T -- its a shove people not a punch or a prelude to a fight (however if B1 responds with anything more than a similar shove like say throw a punch then they both get tossed -- B1 for fighting and A1 for instigating a fight) -- this is the first incident

B1 now lets it go and that is over

B6 now comes off the bench and punches A1 -- seperate incident and this is a fight -- if A1 retaliates then he will be tossed too -- but since only B6 threw a punch hes ejected. 2 Sperate T's and its a false double.

B team shoots 2 then A team shoots 2 and gets possession. remember B coach now has his seatbelt on because B6 got him an indirect.

Junker to call a shove a flagrant is a bit of a reach -- I have seen plenty of shoves and probably 995 of them are just unsportmanlike. Now if the shove is lets say where he drives the player back and drives him to the ground thats different but a shove is just a T IMO depending on how B reacts. If B fights then A is responsible for that whole incident. If B shoves back then double T and we go POI. If B lets is go T on A and we go from there.

Hoever in this case I doubt it would end with B6 -- if this incident happens I will be very suprprised because I will expect something from A team as well because I do not know how I might handle it if I were on the bench and saw the opposition bench player rush the floor and deck my teammate. At the same time if I am on B bench and see my teammate run out I might follow him to get his back. So this is very clear and cut and dry but in reality I CANNOT see it happeing this way.

[edit]JR agrees with me on something -- or should I say I agree with him on something. It is a bit overcast here in SOCAL so maybe hell is freezing over

[Junker]

Deecee,
I can see where you're coming from, but if the shove pushes a player 5 feet and incites a player to leave the bench, on my floor they would both go. I think this is certainly a "had to be there" call, but it sounds savage and violent in nature to me. I agree that they are 2 separate incidents and with the rest of your post.