Agree or Disagree?

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Originally Posted by tref

I hear you, but just like the regular season... I don't write em I just enforce em.
Most summer leagues don't have player fouls around here & some players, usually the younger ones think they can commit over the top fouls without consequences.
Coaches wrote this rule & have NEVER given me a problem.
If a coach were to say "no" Id go with a T.
We also have rules that say if a player receives a T he must sit for 3 full game minutes.

I'm sure you know that officiating is not just about making calls, we must run the game & coaches don't run my ballgames.

FTR, if I whack a kid & he "carries on" I'm not going to coach! His a$$ is done for the evening, point blank period!

We have the same authority here...no foul outs but we can sit a player for any duration we feel necessary if they're out of control or abusing the lack of personal fouls. No coach wants their players hurt by another and are OK with us controlling the game that way since we don't have a 5-foul DQ. Sure, we could go intentional some times, but that doesn't stop them if they don't care.

Most of them don't mind when we call T's that are deserved. They'd rather us call them in summer when they can teach the kids rather than pass on it now, because its just "summer league", and call it in the regular season....and cost them a game.

I've called 2 Ts so far this summer over 8 games....both being in the JV game of a JV/V double header.

In one case, the coach benched the player for the rest of the game. The player, after making a bad play, dropped a few expletives, including an F-bomb that I heard from about 30 ft. away. He told me afterwards that he was glad that I called it because he been trying to get the kid to control his emotions and that he had a history of getting into trouble.

In the other, the two players in the post, and the offense leaned into the defender and the defender resisted and leaned back....not particularly strong or rough, just a little lean. The offense didn't like it and turned around and shoved the defender away and yelled at me about not calling something. So, called something. T. Coach took him out for a while. The other players came up to me to apologize and let me know he had been kicked off the team the previous year for repeatedly getting in to similar trouble. Doesn't look like he's learned yet.

Yes, it is summer league, but we must take care of the game. The coaches generally prefer when we address improper behavior, either unsportsmanlike or careless fouling....it usually helps them teach the things they want to teach.