Questionable T?

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Originally Posted by dbking

Just my $.02!

Game management tools are very necessary in officiating. Use all tools required. You should have had a coaches and captains meeting.

If you did not hear the words completely and grandma could not hear them in the first row,

Talk to the player, "#10 I need your help in this situation, I heard parts of words and I am not going to fill in the blanks. Your the teams best player and they need your help."

Talk to the captain that is on the floor, "Captain, I need your help. #10 is out of control and I do not want to hear anything that comes close to taunting!"

Talk to the coach, "Coach, I need your help with #10. I did not hear all of the words but I am sure that she was out of line. Thanks, coach."

There will be no questions when you T her later for a similar act.

1. I think your grandma criterion is a poor standard to use.
It doesn't matter what anyone in the crowd or on the bench can or cannot hear. What is important is what the players say and do and what the official on the court hears and observes.

2. If you are sure that the player was out of line, then that needs to be penalized with a technical foul, for sure.

3. Why would you advocate not assessing a penalty for the first act, but waiting for a similar act later in the game? What if you don't fully hear the words again the second time? What makes your handling of the situation different? I believe that similar situations need to be handled as similarly as possible.