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What would you do?
I want to see what kind of answers I get, before I tell you how I handled this.
Yellow 22 is lying flat on the floor, on his stomach, as White 30 is running past, yellow 22 jumps up and tries to grab white 30 by the foot, trying to trip him, hard to tell if any contact was made, but if any was it was very slight, and not enough to make white 30 go to the floor, but the intent is clear. What would you do? Background. Late season playoff game, #1 vs #2. Last edited by OKREF; Tue Jul 07, 2015 at 03:13pm. |
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Unsportsmanlike technical at minimum, but depending on what I saw, I'd lean toward a flagrant T ("technical noncontact foul which displays unacceptable conduct") and just send this kid on his way.
This safely falls under the broad umbrella of unacceptable conduct. |
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This is an act that is clearly "non-basketball" and severely endangers the safety of the opponent. I agree that it's unacceptable conduct and warrants a flagrant technical foul.
Now, would I have the chutzpah to do this (correctly, as I sit here in abstract judgement) in a game? I'm skeptical.
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Either nothing or an unsporting technical foul. If the offense zips past the fallen defender without an issue and has an easy score, you can leave this attempted trip alone and have a word with the player/coach at the next stoppage.
If the offense doesn't have a clearly advantageous situation, then penalize the defender for his action. |
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First. White 30 did not have the ball. This was a missed shot by yellow, this play happened in the backcourt at the free throw line.
This is what I did. Gave yellow 22 a technical foul for a non sporting act. Had he actually mad contact and tripped him up, I was going with a flagrant foul. Last edited by OKREF; Tue Jul 07, 2015 at 09:14pm. |
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Maybe, if I felt it was a deliberate, non basketball act.
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For example, a punch that misses and a punch that lands are both flagrant. In my opinion, if you were going to issue a flagrant personal foul had the tripper been successful, then you should have issued a flagrant technical foul for attempt which didn't make contact. Last edited by Nevadaref; Tue Jul 07, 2015 at 10:59pm. |
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Lol. I've never seen a player accidentally do this.
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This might be a "had to be there" situation, because I'm leaving this alone.
Some here make it sound like it was a fighting act (the comparison to a missed punch), while it initially sounded to me like a possible intentional foul if contact was made. Unless, like I said, the grab was a fighting act in which I've got a flagrant tech w/ ejection. |
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I made the point that the observing official needs to make the decision on flagrant or not based upon the act itself, not whether contact is made with the opponent. If you believe that a deliberate trip is only intentional, then that's fine. Lastly, fighting involving contact during a live ball is a flagrant personal foul. |
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Inquiring Minds Want To Know ...
Just to confirm. If a punch is thrown, and doesn't connect, then there's no contact? Right? So, if it was during a live ball, then it would be a technical foul? Right?
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I would have had to be there to see the intent behind one player trying to grab the other. Did he do it to stop the player from advancing? Did he do it to try and hurt the other player? Those aren't irrelevant questions. |
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