What is a foul?

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Originally Posted by Adam

The next time I do a 3/4 grade game with a dressing room for the officials will be the first.

And I would have done it exactly as the OP. I'm not getting into officiating discussions with a 10 year old. Or a dad. Let alone a dad trying to use his 10 year old.

Yes, I realize my dry humor didn't come through well. Instances like this are why I dislike youth sports and haven't worked a youth basketball game in several years. A no-win situation for the official, to be sure, but that is unfortunately the reality of youth sports.

If I was in that situation I hope I woud have handled it as the OP did. I don't think there is a better way.

There's a ref I know who has the driest sense of humour. Either that or he's autistic or something. He says coaches ask him all the time how something wasn't a foul and he tells them "it wasn't a foul because I didn't blow my whistle and put my fist in the air".

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Originally Posted by AremRed

There's a ref I know who has the driest sense of humour. Either that or he's autistic or something. He says coaches ask him all the time how something wasn't a foul and he tells them "it wasn't a foul because I didn't blow my whistle and put my fist in the air".

I'm not that bad; I know that dry humor doesn't work well during the game so I'm not one to use the "humor as a de-escalation" tactic. That simply isn't part of my toolkit while on the court. with that said, the thought above has run through my mind a few times.