...or the variation (actually said to me by a player's grandmother during a wreck game) "When I get old and I can't see...i'm gonna be a Referee" .

BV. I'm new T far side of court. B has backcourt pressure. A gets the ball up court and while doing so A1 makes a pass to A2 who is straddling the Division Line. A2 tosses it back to A1 in the backcourt who dribbles into the frontcourt. B Coach yells "BACKCOURT! BACKCOURT!" Play continues.

A few minutes later as I'm getting B out of their huddle after a TO, I tell the coach A2 was clearly straddling the line.

Coaches reply, "Figured as much, I really couldn't tell from here."

Me, and half-jokingly, "So, why did you yell it?!"

Coach, "That's what I'm supposed to do, isn't it?"

Made me chuckle. Good guy. They won by a lot going away.....so, he was in a good mood!

Funny, I was thinking that officials are clueless sometimes.

Seriously, if this really happened and you gave a tech for that, that is awful.

When I was in HS 3 or 4 of us in the front row of the student section would wear the stripes and joke with (and rag on) the officials. During the girls state championship game one year the chant of the day was "I'm blind, I'm deaf, I wanna be a ref."

I still hold a special place in my heart for loud and idiotic student sections.

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Back when I was in high school (Class of 1971) our student section's favorite idiotic chant to the offcials was, "The ref brought his lunch. The ref brought his lunch. Eat it ref. Eat it".

That's great!

There's also always: Nuts and bolts! Nuts and bolts! WE!! GOT!! SCREWED!!!!"

There is always the oldie but goodie from the student section, "Elevator, elevator, we got the shaft!"

While I'm not crazy about the rule, the official administrated it correctly. It would have been better if he had told the coach that the player had to leave the gym to change. But the rule is the rule, and once the kid takes off the jersey. . .

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10-3-H: A player shall not: Removing the jersey and/or pants/skirt within the visual confines of the playing area.

I'm not crazy about the rule either. I believe that the intent, and purpose, of this rule was to define a penalty for the player that removes his jersey in disgust, typically after fouling out, rather than penalizing a player for adjusting his uniform, and equipment, so that he can legally enter the game.

Scrapper1: When you note an illegal undershirt when a player is in the pregame layup line, do you always "remind" the player to leave the gym to remove the illegal equipment?

I've always been fond of "We got a rope, we got a tree, all we need is a referee."

And I guarantee someone here will find this unfunny or offensive.

5th/6th grade aau with the ymca,Coach yells that is not a FOUL!,he is blocked by 2 players,made me laugh,i smiled as i went down the other way.

Offensive ???
 

Impossible. Student sections are never, ever, offensive. They are always models of decorum. I'd let my eighty-five year old mother sit in the middle of the student section.

haha

Last night, boys HS rec. Kid goes up for a layup and is ever so slightly touched by the defender. Coach yells for a foul. Of course, it's a no call. Coach yells at me, "Why isn't that a foul?" I reply, "it's the BISS rule, coach". He says "what's that?" I reply, "BISS? Because I Say So". He gets a puzzled look on his face and just sits down.

thats awesome Mark that made me lol,im going use that if you dont mind sir.