USC Call

[cpe...@gmail.com]

How would you manage this situation? Your are the referee ... your
partner has a player who loses his temper and utters a loud curse
word. ..flag down .. Unsportsmanlike Conduct Foul to be issued. The
player immediately takes a step toward your partner and continues a
brief but flagrant rant, cursing and maligning the official. Your
partner immediately throws a 2nd flag. What penalty and time do you
assess?

[Burgie86]

Hmm, well,after consulting with my partner my first inclination would
be to issue 2 mins.+ for USC, the first min. NR, and the second able
to be released. However, depending on the rant,and the threatening
nature of the player,I could very easily be inclined to make the full
time NR.

[cpe...@gmail.com]

I personally think this is requires common sense versus strict rule
interpretation. By rule (NFHS, not NCAA), if you call 2
Unsportsmanlike (USC) penalties on the same player, the 2nd USC must
be ejection and a 3 min Un-releasable penalty. Therefore in the
example below, if you call an USC for the first flag ...then a 2nd
USC, technically, you would give a total of 4 min (1 min plus 3 min).
This seems a bit too much (from a practical perspective ...this is
what was actually administered in the game). Upon reflection, I
personally believe the better way to handle this would be to consider
the player's rant as a continuation of the first act and call a single
USC, but because of the severe conduct, eject him and give him a 3 min
USC.
FYI, USC fouls are non-releasable for the full-time by rule. We
(refs) do not (by rule) have the discretion to make the time non-
releasable.

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