52 weeks - 44 suspended on probation

8 weeks for spitting at a ref. what an outrage

ELG quote:
"but spitting is the worst thing. i'd rather get punched in the face than spat on. its the ultimate 'disrespect'"

This comment. What an outrage!

i don't understand your comment, Respect.

And that is the problem, Gorilla.

52 weeks reduced to 8 because he was remorseful or apologetic or something. No wonder refs feel like the poor cousins in bball. To suspend such a large proportion of the sentence sends the wrong message and sets a wrong precedent. If BSA had a chance to do something about poor behaviour at bball they blew it.

And Respect, if you think ELG's comment is an outrage then you have no idea.

you got the spelling of ref way wrong too anon.

Seriously 8 weeks is a long time for kid miss basketball for. Spitting is not good but lets keep some perspective on the crime.

IMO, a very inadequate sentence.

spitting is the lowest of low, even animals do not spit on each other

piss poor effort by the tribunal sends no message what so ever, and is another backwards step and even another reason for more potential refs to look at other avenues and sports,

a player did this at a indoor centre where i ref and he got instant 2 season ban which in indoor cricket is 12 months.

Yes - Alpaca's, Llama's and Camels, all members of the Dromedary family.

Denny Crane says spit back at the little bastard next time.... DENNY CRANE

if someone spat at me i would personally have thrown a punch but thats just me. im glad the umpire used some self control unlike this child.

Hitting an umpire would be far worse than spitting on them in my opinion. Also depends on the level of malice and damage done. IE if the hit was full blown upper cut to the chin resulting in broken jaw and umpire concussed then the player should be suspended for life and front the courts on assault charges.

If it was a mere push of an umpire, no damage was done etc. then 8-10 weeks would be appropriate.

Spitting is not good but what was the end result. The umpire wipes his face and lives to fight another day. 8-10 weeks is appropriate if the player is remorsful etc. in my opinion. If the player commited it again then different story.

I believe the minimum penalty for hitting an umprire is 52 weeks and the maximum is a life ban.

As for 8 weeks for spitting - i agree with those who have said it is inadequate.

He's just a kid. He made a disgusting choice. i imagine he's been humiliated enough already. and his parents. hopefully he has apologised and undertaken some restorative work with someone compassionate. Time to move on, IMHO.

ELG if you punch like you shoot free throws your not hitting anyone

I wonder how many weeks it will take to train all the new referees required to fill the void of this spat in the face incident.

How many weeks would the referee got if they decided to retaliate?

If you spit on someone you have assaulted them. Eight weeks penalty is laughable. You're just saying to people don't abuse referees spit on them.

FM, good points. I guess the referee is just showing he is the adult, the better person and will go on despite this incident. Remember its not like the kid is getting off scott free.

They should also take into account the referees feelings on this. If the referee is a good guy he would take it on the chin accept the players apology and move on.

Nice pun.

Yea I make alot of puns like that. Most of them are unintended like that. Does that make me comedic genius or a funny idiot.

aaaaghhh.
what the?
And we pretend it doesn't happen.
:(
thank you for the explanation.
I should have asked "what happened?" at the start.

Racism has no place in any sport. The sentence handed out to the parent is pointless. Just a smack on the wrist and a lolly pop to numb the pain. If the referee heard the comments they should have done something imediately. But that still doesn't justify the spitting. So on both counts the tribunal has proven once again it is totally useless.

obviously any racist comment is completely innapropriate and unacceptable. but from what I understand any comment that may have been made from the parent, occurred after the player spat on both the ref and the player. so to say the players action was a reaction to the comment wouldn't be justified. i could be wrong but that's what i heard.

How's your cave at this time of year?

Have tried to stay away from this one, but have to have my say.

For those people who are saying "but he was raciall abused so it means he should have got a lesser sentence"...what a load of cr@p.

did the referee racially abuse him? did the woodville player abuse him?? NO!

So why were they spat on, therefore increasing their potential exposure to a range of diseases from a simple cold through to potentially lethal hepatitis?

What if someone one day is walking down the street, is racially abused, so they walk into some crowded area and start shooting? "oh he was racially abused, so it's ok he just killed 13 people"...yes, its an extereme example, but if we are excusing it for a lesser incident of spitting at someone, where do we draw the line?

Sorry, I mean to put in my original post that in no way that racial abuse should be tolerated, and the person responsible should have been banned for quite some time as well.

My point is society today, in general, tends to try and blame anyone/anything else for their negative actions. Becuase he was racially abused by someone is no reason to spit on 2 other people, who were not involved.

And anon, yes i wasnt there, nor were the majority of people who have made a comment on this thread. why does that mean i am not allowed to voice my opinion yet others are?

134521 What did the referee do exactly to warrant being assaulted? He was reffing a game and a player spat on him. Regardless of how he was reffing there was no legal justification to spit on him. You sound like allthose players who not matter who refs them and no matter how good a job they do you blame them because you don't have the skills to handle the game.

I was shocked at what happened. BSA is relly short of referees at the moment this does not help. From the people I have talked to it started by the player spitting in the face of other team player. Referee went to kick him out. S for good luck the referee got spat on as well. The referee was fine up to when they found out the player got 8 weeks. The referee has now quit. They say it not worth when tribual will not back you. I agrree 100%. But from I have been told Norwood has also supensed the player he made Norwood look bad. The problem is BSA ha had to situation one where a referee got punched in the face the second referee got spat. That could be a good why we do not have referees eg we had use VIC referees just to get through State Champs. There needs to be more checks and balances. If I was on tribual I would og given LIFE that is allowed is the maxium one could and would send a message that if you spit punch or pysically asulted a referee will not be allowed to play again.

Im not sayin that spitting isnt wrong - just before i start.
There was an incident in a football game i was involved witha few weeks ago and although this is not to do with basketball it is somewhat relevent. There was a headclash involving a player from each team. The opposition player was left with a bleeding head and proceeded to wipe his hand in the pool of blood on his face and then flick it onto the face of my teammate. This was only given a 4 game suspension.

My point is - spitting is disgusting and should be punished anyway. On a ref, should've been more but its a common theme in sports that a little elbow is worth a few weeks but completely degrading the game and showing no repsect for referees or the game itself is only slightly is only worth a couple more weeks?! Should've been a season ban for the player involved in both incidents, as this shouldnt be tolerated in any sport at any time.

ive been pretty angry about stuff before but ive never spat in the face of two people.

The kid had people abusing him. It does not cover for him, but what pathetic woodville parents would racially abuse him!?