I see some interesting Team Names while refereeing Men's Rec Leagues.
"Rec" is the abbreviation of "Recreational" but sometimes it would be more appropriate to call them "Wreck" Leagues.
A match up between 2 teams named Mad Dog Saloon Vs Space Money Mafia is a train wreck in waiting......
Team Names often reflect team attitudes......
An intensely waged game was on pause with in a 1 point margin when a Time Out was called with 10 seconds left in the game.
A fan motioned to me to come over and politely informed (No, really, she WAS really polite) that the Scorekeeper had failed to award 1 point to her husband's team on the last Foul I had called. She smiles sweetly, noting her husband's team was winning by 1 point but that if they lost by 1 point it would be because that point was not awarded.
Could it be the point was not recorded? Possibly, but there was a Scorekeeper AND a Clock Operator handling the Scorekeeping and the last Foul I had called was not on a Shooter nor a "One and One Situation." AND, it is customary for Referees to look at the Scoreboard to verify the awarding of points during the course of the game, just in case the Score keeper does make a mistake....
I pointed that out to her in my reply and added as clarification, "If your husbands' team loses by 1 point, it will not be because the scorekeeper missed adding a point, but because one of your players just threw the ball at an opponent and the other Ref called him for a Technical Foul which is an Automatic TWO Points Awarded to the other team."
"Oh, I guess that does make a difference," she replied.
2 Players Fouled Out, 1 Technical Foul and a final 1 point victory margin when a player for the team behind by 1 spent the entire remaining 10 seconds dribbling around looking for a game winning shot to take himself instead of passing off to another teammate.
I would not have expected less from the Mad Dog Saloon & Space Money Mafia game......
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"Rec" is the abbreviation of "Recreational" but sometimes it would be more appropriate to call them "Wreck" Leagues.
A match up between 2 teams named Mad Dog Saloon Vs Space Money Mafia is a train wreck in waiting......
Team Names often reflect team attitudes......
An intensely waged game was on pause with in a 1 point margin when a Time Out was called with 10 seconds left in the game.
A fan motioned to me to come over and politely informed (No, really, she WAS really polite) that the Scorekeeper had failed to award 1 point to her husband's team on the last Foul I had called. She smiles sweetly, noting her husband's team was winning by 1 point but that if they lost by 1 point it would be because that point was not awarded.
"PSUK Basketball - Bristol 2013-145" by Andrew Spillane via Flickr
Could it be the point was not recorded? Possibly, but there was a Scorekeeper AND a Clock Operator handling the Scorekeeping and the last Foul I had called was not on a Shooter nor a "One and One Situation." AND, it is customary for Referees to look at the Scoreboard to verify the awarding of points during the course of the game, just in case the Score keeper does make a mistake....
I pointed that out to her in my reply and added as clarification, "If your husbands' team loses by 1 point, it will not be because the scorekeeper missed adding a point, but because one of your players just threw the ball at an opponent and the other Ref called him for a Technical Foul which is an Automatic TWO Points Awarded to the other team."
"Oh, I guess that does make a difference," she replied.
2 Players Fouled Out, 1 Technical Foul and a final 1 point victory margin when a player for the team behind by 1 spent the entire remaining 10 seconds dribbling around looking for a game winning shot to take himself instead of passing off to another teammate.
I would not have expected less from the Mad Dog Saloon & Space Money Mafia game......
