Unsporting? Delay of Game?

[Toren]

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.

Originally Posted by fiasco

I'm playing devil's advocate a bit here, but why are you giving anyone the benefit of the doubt? That's what the DOG warning is for. We're not going to penalize you yet, we're going to give you the benefit of the doubt and give you a warning, but next time we're going to penalize it.

Giving an informal warning is basically giving a team two opportunities to delay the game.

Why are you letting a player tip the ball? Is that because you're giving that team the benefit of the doubt? That this behavior is not advantageous.

You could easily stop that behavior by saying, leave the ball alone. Now if they continue to do it, you know it's a tactic that needs penalizing. If they stop, then you know it was just one player who probably didn't realize this action has consequences.