Unsporting Tech

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by hoopguy

My question is, if you were the non calling official and were in position to see the player give your partner the finger behind his back, what would you call?

This is a flagrant technical foul at any level, except perhaps the NBE. Ask yourself this - what does that gesture indicate? It doesn't matter if the player verbalizes that thought or transmits it in a gesture, it means the same thing.

Frankly, it shouldn't just be an ejection, but also a suspension at that level. If it happened in a kids game I was working and the player didn't also get a suspension, I'd raise a huge stink.

I can't even imagine how you could think it might just be a non-flagrant technical.