Tuesday, October 23, 2007

What the F--k?!?

With the college basketball season right around the corner, the NCAA just tweaked their rules regarding proper behavior while on the bench. Read about in the NY Times Here.

According to the NCAA, here are some of the behaviors that can be considered unsportsmanlike and spark a technical foul without warning:
  • Talking to an official in a disrespectful manner; Trying to influence an official’s decision;

  • Using profanity or language that is abusive, vulgar or obscene;

  • Objecting to an official’s decision by rising from the bench or excessively using gestures that either demonstrate officiating signals or displeasure with officiating;

Really? Is this really a problem in major college athletics? When asked for clarification, the NCAA stated that even if an official hears profanity from a coach directed within a huddle to his own players, that was grounds for a no-warning technical.

Watch out Coach K. Myles Brand wants to give you the ole Ivory Gargle.

3 comments:

Dav said...

I remember being able to hear Coach Huggins swear from the Anderson seats. Seriously.

E-on said...

I really want to see how many times Dave can post...then reply to his own post...It's like living inside Dave's head. Except it's connected to the internet.

Flip said...

What happens if a coach yells at his player in the huddle in a profane way while subtly insulting the referee and sending illicit text messages to 17 year old high school students as the players all get job offers from car dealerships owned by friends of the program and take 6 years to graduate.....
does the NCAA get to summarily execute the coach? will they put his decapitated head on the end of a pike and hold it outside of their Indianapolis headquarters as a reminder to all to not cross them in the future?
I am not sure where i am going with this