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[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by mick

Intentional block.
Nothing flagrant there.
Kid that fell probably wasn't even hurt unless he landed strangely on his left wrist.

Are you serious, Mick...the kid turns his body and dives into the dribbler's legs...dribbler then lands on his neck/shoulder area...even if he does bounce right back up, that is absolutely a non-basketball play and gets that little turd tossed right then and there...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious, Mick...the kid turns his body and dives into the dribbler's legs...dribbler then lands on his neck/shoulder area...even if he does bounce right back up, that is absolutely a non-basketball play and gets that little turd tossed right then and there...

That's the way I saw it too, fwiw.....

[mick]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious, Mick...the kid turns his body and dives into the dribbler's legs...dribbler then lands on his neck/shoulder area...even if he does bounce right back up, that is absolutely a non-basketball play and gets that little turd tossed right then and there...

YU.P. I'm runnin' right alongside of Bad Zebra. The only reason I consider it an intentional was cuz it was way to close to the moving player and way too stoopid.

[deecee]

this is how officials get into trouble -- one play and conflicting results. just from how he was shooting freethrows he comes off as a goof who doest give a crap. there shouldnt be much doubt that he wasnt trying to be funny or do something more stupid however there are a few here that would allow him to continue being funny.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by deecee

this is how officials get into trouble -- one play and conflicting results. just from how he was shooting freethrows he comes off as a goof who doest give a crap. there shouldnt be much doubt that he wasnt trying to be funny or do something more stupid however there are a few here that would allow him to continue being funny.

Agreed...take the whole sequence into account and he was not there to play basketball - he needed to be gone.

[mick]

Not to worry, rocky and deecee.
I got your back, either way you go.

[Mark Padgett]

Guys - I don't think there's any question that this was a flagrant foul (intentional or not) and deserves an ejection. But why are we wasting time debating about the free throw antics, etc.? Obviously this was some kind of rec game as suggested by the jerseys and such, so having a kid goof around a little is just what happens in those kind of games. My guess is the refs were just counting the minutes until the bar down the street opened.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

.... But why are we wasting time debating about the free throw antics, etc.? Obviously this was some kind of rec game

It's a great learning environment!

I got my start in officiating doing games just like this. High level of goofiness of the players and ample opportunities to test rules knowledge. Think of the craziest scenario you can, and you'll likely find one even crazier at any local gym at 10:00 Saturday morning. Nothing matches the stupidity of 10 pre-pubescent males running around a confined area.