Following the Rules...Pt. 1

Over the weekend while doing a CYO game, I unfortunately had to issue a technical foul to a team.  Seems one of their players, who admittedly wasn’t very good and never really scores, throws up a 3 point shot and it goes in.  The entire bench runs onto the floor giving him high 5’s, etc, and then he commences to go up into the stands to high 5 someone in the stands ALL with the clock running. 

I blow my whistle and issue the technical, and his coach is asking me why??  I give him the rules infractions which warranted the “T”, then explain to him that he has to remain seated, etc. 

Me:  Coach, by rule you must remain seated at all times, unless there’s a time out or injury on the floor, yada yada yada
Coach:  Not in CYO I don’t
Me: In any organized basketball you have too
Coach:  I don’t believe that, I’m going to look that up
Me: Coach, I keep my rule book with me, you’re welcome to look through it if you’d like?

He searches through the CYO rules and can’t seem to find his validation, so I give him my rules book and I point out the Technical fouls section.  That was the end of that conversation ironicallyJ.

Some random lady in the stands says to me "Merry Christmas ref, it's CYO for God's sake".  I turn to her and say "Happy Holiday's to you too mame, and I'm pretty sure that God would want me to follow the RULES as they are written."

Gotta love it!!!