Faking a foul

[ronald]

I called it today because of this board. Jv game and somewhere in the third quarter I see the home team player fall down trying to draw a charge. I thought about it but then it was too late. Later in the fourth quarter, visting player dribbling between two players and the one to his side flops. I had thought about the first one earlier, so when I see this one, I blew my whistle and said oh sh>>, what is the signal. went to get help for my partner cause I was not sure at that moment if it was a T. He said no and I asked again and he says no again with a look of let it go. Then I remembered from the post that it was an unsporting foul. So I turned gave the T signal and verbal call of unsporting foul. Coach after conferring with player tells me that the other player touched him. Well, he flopped and got what he was supposed to get for it.

Coaches who teach players to cheat do a dishonor to the game. Sportsmanship is important to me and when I see an unsporting foul or conduct, I am going to take action. My partner may not but I have no qualms with calling it. I say do not give em any break on unsporting conduct. They might expect that every game and then they get a ref who does not give em a break and he or she has to take "the other refs give us one break". If you miss it once, do not miss it again. Have the courage to call it.