The Primal Scream

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

[INDENT]
2003-2004 POE 1
A. Taunting/Self-Promotion: Players are increasingly directing their celebratory actions towards opponents, which should be interpreted as taunting and baiting, and penalized accordingly. Further the committee is concerned about players playing to the crowd", attempting to increase attention and praise for their own individual accomplishments rather than toward the game itself and team achievements. While many of these actions are not specifically illegal by rule, extreme behavior could and should be considered taunting and baiting of the opponents.


JR,
The Dunker may have missed 10 shots in a row and gave the *primal scream* out of relief of finally putting the ball in the hole.

I do not think all screams must be automatic technical fouls.

Yup, I agree with you. It is always a judgment call imo. And it is only automatic in some cases. But if I judge that the player only screamed to draw attention to himself, play to the crowd or taunt the other team, then I'm gonna whack him. And from the description in the original post, it sounds like that's exactly what the player did.

Note that I put in the rest of the FED rationale that was included in the language of that POE.