Illinois vs Michigan State Foul On Free Thrower (Video)

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

No I'm not.

And in the play I submitted to you, I'm calling a T.

And I have no problem explaining it to a coach or supervisor. I had this debate with Jurassic when I first joined the board.

I err on the side of vigorously discouraging any unnecessary crap between players.

So you are issuing technical fouls because you don't like someone's actions. You are on dangerous ground. I may not care for what a player or coach does, but my duty is to enforce the rules as written, and not impose my personal interpretation of justice. Unfortunately, that means that I have to let a few things go for which I might wish to issue a technical foul, but can't justify under dead-ball contact or unsporting behavior (non-contact).
The rules tell us that not all contact during a dead ball should be penalized with a technical foul. Quite clearly officials are to only penalize contact that is deemed intentional or flagrant, so I'm going to stick with that.
Sadly, you are having trouble answering the question I posed because you are reluctant to reconsider your long-held belief and come to terms with the fact that you've been acting incorrectly.