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Is this "over"-officiating?
8th grade boys summer league. Second of three games, so when the game ends I'm walking over to the scorer's table to sit and wait five minutes or so for the next game to start. Close game; blue wins by 2. I don't make it over in time to get through before the handshake line starts, so I end up standing there watching it waiting for them to get done so I can sit down. One kid on white throws a fairly hard shoulder into blue's point guard. I'm stunned and decide to scold the white player, "#25, knock it off!"
Within a second or two I'm thinking about calling a T then realize that it doesn't matter anyway, blue won. But had the score been reversed I probably would've called it. Bad idea?
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If this was a normal game, you likely would not even be around. I would let the coaches and administrators take care of it for a summer league. IMHO, let it go.
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I leave it alone in this environment. For all you know the 2 kids could be cousins or best friends or whatever and it's just their way of 'funning' each other.
As stated, in normal circumstances you would not have been there. During off-season ball, I always make it a point to either stay completely clear of the table until both teams have vacated the area or I walk around and go directly to the bleachers or officials' sitting area. In the summer I want no part of what goes on after the final horn blows.
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Anyway, instead of walking through the handshake line what I usually do in these situations is to walk around the bench to the table area or if that's not possible I'll wait at midcourt for the teams to end the handshake line before going to my seat. Someone else mentioned these kids may have been friends just goofing around, that's true often enough and you really don't want to make yourself look like the evil Barney here. If it seemed like they were serious I would do what you did but I would not throw Ts. Just break it up & move on to the next game.
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Wow.
This Mary Struckoff seems pretty evil too.
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