Texas highschool basketball, 170-35

[Tamas]

My rule of thumb is that if I am officiating a game and you are up by a bunch and still pressing, you had better be very clean at it.

That's nice and right.

But I dont think the loser should act like it was their right to be less pwned. If anything, it is a disrespect toward your opponent to fight on "half steam"

[Admiral Yi]

That's nice and right.

But I dont think the loser should act like it was their right to be less pwned. If anything, it is a disrespect toward your opponent to fight on "half steam"

There's a difference between waving your opponent on through to the basket and stopping a press, which has the effect of increasing tempo.

[Admiral Yi]

Hey Crazy Canuck, remember our discussion on the ethics of flopping in basketball?  The thought struck me the other day that you're a long dude so of course you're going to be opposed to flopping.  Taking a charge is the small man's weapon.

[CountDeMoney]

You wouldn't want to run up the score like that on a team I coached.
Kinda tough to play in national tournaments when your players are dealing with spleen issues and jaw fractures.

[crazy canuck]

My rule of thumb is that if I am officiating a game and you are up by a bunch and still pressing, you had better be very clean at it.

Good man.

There's a difference between waving your opponent on through to the basket and stopping a press, which has the effect of increasing tempo.

Exactly.  Also, against an inferior team it also usually means that they turn the ball over a lot further running up the score.  Its the basketball equivalent of hitting someone when they are down.

Hey Crazy Canuck, remember our discussion on the ethics of flopping in basketball?  The thought struck me the other day that you're a long dude so of course you're going to be opposed to flopping.  Taking a charge is the small man's weapon.

I hate floppers.   

One of the reasons is that when I took a charge it hurt like hell.  People pretending to take a charge are worse then Soccer players.

[Valmy]

Blowouts are bigger in Texas.

[Ed Anger]

John Starks can take the charge.

[Berkut]

This is kind of like in football, where a team is throwing the ball down the field in the 4th quarter up 42-3.

As an official, I won't ever make up a call. But the thing is, there are lots of calls that we pass on, so its not like I have to...oh look, another holding penalty!

[Valmy]

This is kind of like in football, where a team is throwing the ball down the field in the 4th quarter up 42-3.

This game was more like a team throwing the ball down field in the 2nd quarter up 42-3.

[Neil]

This is kind of like in football, where a team is throwing the ball down the field in the 4th quarter up 42-3.

As an official, I won't ever make up a call. But the thing is, there are lots of calls that we pass on, so its not like I have to...oh look, another holding penalty!

And that's why you could never be a college football official.  The entire point of college football is to teach poor sportsmanship in order to run up your rankings.

And here you get all snivelly when some guy sucker punches another guy after the game.