Unsporting? Delay of Game?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Here's my thing. I'm okay with this procedure if it's a simple tip of the ball, the kind of thing that kids just do without thinking about it.

But if a kid is blatantly walking the ball to me, or tossing the ball away from the opponent, or where the kid will grab the ball and set it down on the ground so their opponent has to go pick it up, or anything that actually causes a delay in the game, and everyone can see it happen, I'm nipping it in the bud right there and issuing a DOG warning so everyone in the gym is on the same page.

The DOG warning is in there for a reason, and IMO should be used (the first time) when, you know, the opponent is deliberately delaying the game.

Benefit of the doubt on the first one goes to the (new) defense -- that's why they get the "informal" warning.

Benefit of the doubt after that goes to the (new) offense -- formal DOG warning.