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Basketball Nutt

Years ago

BIAS when is enough enough

We played under 12's at Marion and ended up with 2 players on the court out of 7 starters. 12 months later we are back and had 2 players on 4 fouls after 5 minutes of play. The kids didn't deserve that treatment. After some intense discussions with the refs the fouls amazingly balanced out. Before we left the next game had started and I can still see the incredulous look on the Sturt coach as she was trying to fathom out what was happening to her team. She was getting the same treatment, 3 fouls in 2 minutes.

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Hanging Round

Years ago

Let's face it. Refs are hard to find, and good refs are rare. Many stadiums have kids from their junior ranks run around with a whistle.
The stadiums I dread going to because you expect to be up against "The Ref Factor" are Pasadena and especially Marion.
Sometimes you feel like giving them a well-deserved serve, but it would only benefit the opposition.
Last round at Marion (Fri nite), 2 players were in charge. Ref 1 made a totally shit call, then threatened the player with a Tech for responding. Ref 2 actually told Ref 1 that he deserved the spray.

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