Fight in girls game - sort of

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Unbelievable.

And unfortunate.

[RookieDude]

...is it sort of like...

Competitive = "A" Squad (varsity)

Recreational = "B" Squad (JV)

...?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Hell, even Calipari doesn't offer the kids scholarships until they're in the seventh grade.

That's true. If they're under 12 years old, he just offers them iPods.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Even though this was a sixth grade competitive game rather than a sixth grade non-competitive game, I probably would have handled it it the same way.

C'mon Jurassic, we all know by now, ALL Mark's games are in "competitive" leagues, even those that end in 35 point blow-outs!

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

The tall girl, much to her credit, just turned around and tossed the ball to me. The defender said something to the tall girl (I couldn't hear it) and the tall girl slapped her right across the face!

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

And if I had heard her taunt the other player, that's probably what I would have done. But I didn't hear what she said. She might have just said, "Sorry" or something else like that. Maybe the tall girl was just upset that she got pushed and wanted to retaliate and the words meant nothing at all.

My point is that I wasn't going to assume the defender taunted the tall girl. All I would need is for her coach to ask me what she said to deserve an ejection and I'd have to reply, "DUH, I dunno?"

I think you're burying your head in the sand here and failing to punish the player most at fault. The tall girl goes from cool, calm and collected to slap fighting and you're going to assume the defender was apologizing? I don't think you need to have heard what was said here as it was obviously enough to provoke a fight.

As to what to tell the coach, "It doesn't matter what she said, she provoked a fight."

[APG]

Wondering why you decided not the eject everyone who came off the bench? As JR pointed out, by rule, you should of tossed everyone all those that came off the bench during a potential fight situation. I'd consider someone getting slapped in the face a potential fight situation.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I think you're burying your head in the sand here and failing to punish the player most at fault. The tall girl goes from cool, calm and collected to slap fighting and you're going to assume the defender was apologizing? I don't think you need to have heard what was said here as it was obviously enough to provoke a fight.

As to what to tell the coach, "It doesn't matter what she said, she provoked a fight."

Sorry, but I think it does matter what she said. If you don't know, you can't do anything with it.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Sorry, but I think it does matter what she said. If you don't know, you can't do anything with it.

10-3-6c "A player shall not commit an unsporting foul. This includes, but is not limited to, acts or conduct such as: c. Baiting or taunting an opponent."

Whatever she said, it baited her opponent which is an unsporting act. Committing an unsporting act that causes an opponent to retaliate by fighting is considered fighting by rule. Ergo, it doesn't matter what she said.

People generally don't hit people who are apologizing to them. Assuming good intentions by a player who just shoved an opponent in the back stretches my credulity to the breaking point.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Sorry, but I think it does matter what she said. If you don't know, you can't do anything with it.

+1.

We aren't supposed to guess in situations like this.