"count the basket"

[BktBallRef]

Do you have a question?

[johnsonboys03]

lol no I thought you did? The ball handler obviously completed a lay up after the whistle blew if that helps. I was just surprised he counted a basket seconds after the whistle blew just because he agreed with me that he should have in that situation delayed his whistle a couple seconds.

[Rich]

I'm sorry the official is so fragile that he'd never heard the word s#%$ before.

A technical for that? In an adult rec game?

[johnsonboys03]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm sorry the official is so fragile that he'd never heard the word s#%$ before.

A technical for that? In an adult rec game?

yeah the high school we use is very strict with profanity. They sometimes even have school board members there to narc us out. different i know...

[Rich]

Originally Posted by johnsonboys03

yeah the high school we use is very strict with profanity. They sometimes even have school board members there to narc us out. different i know...

Well, to me it's a biological function and not a profanity. Is there a list of words you get?

[johnsonboys03]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Well, to me it's a biological function and not a profanity. Is there a list of words you get?

lol the rule is whatever can be said on regular cable television before 9pm is allowed. I know this all seems childish but thats what it takes.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by johnsonboys03

lol the rule is whatever can be said on regular cable television before 9pm is allowed. I know this all seems childish but thats what it takes.

And how do people know what those are. I have heard some pretty racy things said at that time that I would have never thought could be said but on HBO. Seems like a very subjective standard if you ask me.

Peace

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Is there a list of words you get?

Obviously, BillyMac hasn't read this thread yet or there would be a picture of George Carlin posted......

[Jurassic Referee]

Would any or all of you allow a player to yell sh*t in a high school game? Note "yell" as in everybody in the gym can hear it. I wouldn't. Our association directs our officials to call it and the leagues we serve have told us they don't want it allowed either. The NFHS rulesmakers have also told us to call it in a very specific POE that they issued.

I can see leeway in Mens Wreck, guys, but would you allow the same behavior in one of your high school games?

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Well, to me it's a biological function and not a profanity.

I don't think there's any question that "sh*t" is profanity. Otherwise, we wouldn't put symbols in place of letters.

I also believe in some leeway for adult rec, but if the league says to enforce it, do it. If you're looking for a reason to hold the whistle, case 10.4.1 E says to do just that until after the shot, and even though that case mentions the head coach or bench personnel, I think the same would apply to players, too.

BTW, in my second year, I had a T for that word in the first minute of a seventh-grade boys game. I'm the L, and during a rebound, I clearly hear "SH*T!" I blast my whistle and raise my first, only to realize I don't know which one said it! My partner confirmed the young potty-mouth, and the table exchange went something like this:

Me: "Red, 12, technical foul, profanity."
Coach: "What did he say?"
Me: "Well, I can't repeat it."
Coach (points to 12): "HEY! WHAT'D YOU SAY?!"
12: (unintelligible whining)
Coach: "Aw, sit down! You're killing me."

[Adam]

You can walk up to the coach and repeat it quietly.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I don't think there's any question that "sh*t" is profanity. Otherwise, we wouldn't put symbols in place of letters.

I do it because there's a filter in place here. No other reason. That doesn't mean that it's globally recognized as a profanity. I can't abbreviate assistant coach as ***. coach here either and that's not a profanity, certainly.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I don't think there's any question that "sh*t" is profanity. Otherwise, we wouldn't put symbols in place of letters.

I also believe in some leeway for adult rec, but if the league says to enforce it, do it. If you're looking for a reason to hold the whistle, case 10.4.1 E says to do just that until after the shot, and even though that case mentions the head coach or bench personnel, I think the same would apply to players, too.

BTW, in my second year, I had a T for that word in the first minute of a seventh-grade boys game. I'm the L, and during a rebound, I clearly hear "SH*T!" I blast my whistle and raise my first, only to realize I don't know which one said it! My partner confirmed the young potty-mouth, and the table exchange went something like this:

Me: "Red, 12, technical foul, profanity."
Coach: "What did he say?"
Me: "Well, I can't repeat it."
Coach (points to 12): "HEY! WHAT'D YOU SAY?!"
12: (unintelligible whining)
Coach: "Aw, sit down! You're killing me."

You can't repeat it quietly to an adult coach? You really think you can't?

[JRutledge]

And you posted this to tell us this?

Peace

[johnsonboys03]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And you posted this to tell us this?

Peace

Yes just thought it was bizare enough to share. Guess there was something wrong with sharing this?