You got to know the rules...

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

BillyMac, you've given me a great idea for our local kids rec league. Next season, before each game, I'm going to have the two officials stand in front of the benches and address the teams and the spectators by announcing, "Everyone who cares which team wins this game raise your hand. Thanks. Please note that my partner and I were the only two people in the gym who didn't raise a hand. Remember that while the game is being played. Thank you."

Actually, I may really do that - I'm not kidding.

I have an idea.

Why don't you just tell your officials to work hard & do their absolute best & not worry about fans?

[lpbreeze]

on the tv ad thing briefly. I was once living with two friends from Europe and they couldn't believe the amount of ads during a football game and during tv shows. They just gave up watching American tv. Used to soccer I suppose.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

I have an idea.

Why don't you just tell your officials to work hard & do their absolute best & not worry about fans?

Because it's so much fun embarrassing a gym full of parents. DUH!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JHamp

They also let CDR slam the ball to the floor and allowed it to go 15 feet in the air with Hightower staring straight at him. Any other circumstance besides the NC game that's an automatic T.

And why should that be a T? There is no rule in the be about slamming the ball down. However, there is a rule about disrespecting an official or disagreeing with a call. THAT is what slamming the ball down is about, 99.9% of the time. In this specific case, I think KU was called for a foul and Memphis was pumped up and he reacted as such...or it was some other situation...not a disagreement with a call. Could it have been called? It could have....and wouldn't have been "wrong". But, would it have been the right call...probably not what the rules were intended to address. When's the last time you've seen a T called at the end of the game when a player heaves the ball into the air as time is about to expire....not really much different.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

When's the last time you've seen a T called at the end of the game when a player heaves the ball into the air as time is about to expire....not really much different.

What rule has been broken here to even consider calling a technical foul? I believe that a player can throw a live ball into the air as high as he, or she, can without being called for a violation, or a foul.