Tongue Stud (?)

[Brian Watson]

Originally posted by theboys
This kinda fits into the topic, so figured I'd ask. Have you ever warned a team or player about behavior that could ultimately prove dangerous?

An example: We participated in a high school varsity tournament last week. First game, played a team of floppin' fools. In the 2nd quarter one of our players broke in for a lay-up. A defender set his position on the weakside of the basket. When our player came down he came down on the defender. Charge was called, no problem. But, the defender, in his attempt to make the charge look good, flopped. When he did he effectively undercut our player. Our player fell awkwardly and broke his wrist. Had surgery yesterday.

Don't get me wrong - in no way were the officials at fault, and the defender wasn't trying to play dirty, just a very unfortunate situation. But, if the defender hadn't flopped we simply would've turned the ball over, and run to the other end.

It all depends on what the official sees. If I saw him clearly flop w/o contact, I am going to hit the D with the foul in this sitch. If I see contact, it could be a different call. It is one of thoose hafta see it plays. Too bad your kid got hurt, no one wants to ever see that.