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This is a place that I have used the stop sign for fans once the ball has been given to the shooter. Usually, I will have them hustle through or wait till the FT is completed to make their trek. Hey, we're already the fashion police, so being a traffic cop is not that much of a stretch.
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Hey, we're already the fashion police, so being a traffic cop is not that much of a stretch.
Really. Next up, notifying players they aren't drinking enough water to stay properly hydrated or halting spectators from returning to their seats too close to the bench with unhealthy snacks.
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That is correct. The mascot is a team follower and his actions could result in a team technical foul, but he is not an opponent and therefore cannot commit disconcertion.

The result of the attempted FT should have stood.
This is also my position. HOWEVER. . .

This exact scenario happened in a women's NCAA D2 game locally (I had the men's game following, that's how I know about it) and the officials called disconcertion. Their assignor backed them, and they apparently even got a ruling from the NCAA rules editor to support the call. I don't know if it will get published, but I personally think it's a bad ruling.

Only "opponents" can disconcert. Hard to see the mascot as an opponent.
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This is also my position. HOWEVER. . .

This exact scenario happened in a women's NCAA D2 game locally (I had the men's game following, that's how I know about it) and the officials called disconcertion. Their assignor backed them, and they apparently even got a ruling from the NCAA rules editor to support the call. I don't know if it will get published, but I personally think it's a bad ruling.

Only "opponents" can disconcert. Hard to see the mascot as an opponent.


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If that is the NCAA Women's ruling then the NCAA Women's Committee must have asked Barb Jacobs to come out of retirement to make the ruling because I agree with you 100% that it not only a bad ruling but a ruling that can not be defended by rule.

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This is also my position. HOWEVER. . .

This exact scenario happened in a women's NCAA D2 game locally (I had the men's game following, that's how I know about it) and the officials called disconcertion. Their assignor backed them, and they apparently even got a ruling from the NCAA rules editor to support the call. I don't know if it will get published, but I personally think it's a bad ruling.

Only "opponents" can disconcert. Hard to see the mascot as an opponent.
It's really sad that someone from the NCAAW side thinks that.
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I realize this strays a bit, but did anyone see the State Farm commercial with the squirrel mascot?
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I realize this strays a bit, but did anyone see the State Farm commercial with the squirrel mascot?
YouTube - State Farm Squirrel Mascot Wants Affordable Auto Insurance
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