Removing jersey

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Had a somewhat similar situation last night. Player V22 was called for a hand check and (surprise) disagreed. He pulled out the front of his jersey and covered his face in frustration. One of my partners wanted to whack him. I disagreed and said the rule pertains to REMOVING the jersey. I think we would have been justified in whacking him for unsporting behavior but I opted to tell him to tuck it back in during the ensuing free throw and not pull it out again or I would whack him. It was early in a regional playoff game. He wasn't a problem the rest of the night.

Would anyone whack him? He eventually fouled out in the 4th Q.

Yes I would. I had the same thing happen in my game. He did that in a show of disrespect. If you don't T here then what is your threshold?

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by deecee

Yes I would. I had the same thing happen in my game. He did that in a show of disrespect. If you don't T here then what is your threshold?

Maybe...I interpreted it more out of frustration with himself for piling up another stoopid foul. He wasn't really near me when he did it (I was reporting). I caught the tail end of it then addressed it with him.

As I mentioned...my threshold was a repeat performance (by him or any teammates moving forward). As a crew we were split as to whether he deserved it. My gut was that it wouldn't have bettered the game at that point in time and wasn't exactly removing his jersey as one of my partners pointed to. Interesting to see where others come down on this. I've got a longer fuse than most in my ass'n so it's good to hear from others. Thanks for the input.