Just wondering...

[theflyinggerco]

In the last few games of basketball ive played in there has been a few refs
decisions that i have respectly disagreed with ... and a few that i though were terrible... but mostly, i cop it and hope that they even themselves out (apart from the time a ref told me I needed to work on my jump shot, to which i told him to go f*** himself, for which i earned a tech, wasnt real happy about).

This one however, simply bamboozled me.

without going into it too much, one of my teammates commited a hard foul, and the guy he fouled took exception to it and threw the ball at him.

Because the opposition player was in the act of shooting, it was 2 shots, and a tech for throwing the ball... or thats what i thought.

According to the ref, they cancel each other out. Somehow they ended up with the ball baseline.

Im not really sure what happened, and while the refs were young (17-19), we pay 35 bucks a game as team and 2 dollars in get into the stadium, so honestly, i expect them to be at least alright refs, and if somebody asks a question, for them to answer them, and not yell back.

Any explaination of this ruling, which didnt happen in our game the week before under similar circumstances, would be very handy, so i can explain it to my teammates, who are as perplexed as me

Cheers

 

[cath15]

well i agree with the refs in this case and as im a ref myself( although its been awhile since i read my rule book) but yeah they do cancel each other out usually,

 

[chadjaja]

Is this at Sunbury Jericho???

 

[theflyinggerco]

Thanks for Cath15, I just wondering, for both myself, and for my teammates, so thanks again

And yes, Chad, this was happening in the rural paradise of Sunbury, why do you wonder? Is it the terrible, violent nature of the Sunbury league, where i got called a "fancy show off" (thats minus the offensive words) for doing a head fake, for which i was punched in the back of the head for my troubles... not a Sunbury fan...

 

[mattyj]

Hah if u think Subury stadium has bad refs, go play a few games at the Mill Park stadium, worst refs in victoria :|


Bendigo has good refs

 

[theflyinggerco]

Nah, the refs arent that bad, just wildly inconsistent... i got a tech for swearing, not at a ref, i swore in anger at myself, tech foul for me... next game, a player called the ref a "f***ing stupid c***", nope no tech foul... thats what pisses me off, the refs, and they usually the same 3 or 4 refs, are wildly inconsistent... makes it near impossible to figure what kinda of game are you going to have; one where you cant touch a opposing player without getting a foul, or one where you can slap arms and grab jerseys all game...