C'mon, he had only had 26...

Camron Rust · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 17, 2014, 10:43pm

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Originally Posted by asdf

Here's what happened to me 4 years ago.

Team mgr, a young man with Down Syndrome. Wears red wristbands, given to him by his grandfather, everywhere.

Final home game of the season. It's widely known that the young man's grandfather had passed early in the season and everyone knows that he's getting into the game at some point. Home team up big in final two minutes..... enter the young man wearing his red wristbands. (not a school color)

Young man enters game, crosses himself, kisses his wristbands and points to the sky. Not a dry eye in the house, present company included.

He scored two points and was carried off the court by both teams...... While wearing his illegal wristbands.

I challenge anyone to say they could look dead into a TV camera and state with conviction that the rule he was "breaking" was more important than what took place in the final two minutes of this game.

For that matter, I'd call a shooting foul on the other team just to get him to the line if he couldn't get a clean shot!

bwburke94 · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 17, 2014, 11:49pm

Regardless of the situation, not calling a T is ridiculous. If he wasn't in the book, he wasn't in the book.

BillyMac · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 07:13am

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

If he wasn't in the book, he wasn't in the book.

Remember, the technical foul is not for him not being in the book, it would be for his name being added to the book.

asdf · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 06:50am

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

For that matter, I'd call a shooting foul on the other team just to get him to the line if he couldn't get a clean shot!

Have done this plenty of times in grade school games.... "coach, who needs to score?"...followed by a "foul".....

Then again, for some, that action would be considered unethical and punishable.