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Sat Mar 06, 2010, 05:59am

Nevadaref

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IowaMike

If it would be a technical in the first quarter, then it should be a technical in the last minute.

Not pertaining to Rich's T, but just in general, how many of us agree with the above statement?

I believe that there is a school of thought that espouses that late in close games the decisions of the officials have greater impact and also the emotions of the coaches and players are higher, hence the threshold for what qualifies as unsporting behavior is also elevated.

Thoughts?

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