This guy I know (really), was given 12 weeks for apparently pushing an opponent. He pushed him to the floor using a fist to the nose.

mmm, cheers Mustafah - thanks for not "glorifying this side of Basketball"...

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15 years for three intentional strikes to the head of a spectator (resulted in a depressed fracture of the skull).

1 year for a retaliatory strike to the head of the original striker, by a friend of the original strikee.

..... and to top off the tribunal, 6 months for a friend of the original striker who dived into the pack and re-ignited the fracas after it was dying down.

I won't name the association or the people involved, but whilst the penalties seem tough, at least they stood their ground and made a statement about violence etc.

anon this should not happen. Under the new rules starting new junior season if a ref ejects someone then they must be reported and if they report someone then they must have ejected them. After reporting them the association make the decision on if they should front the tribunal.

At least you as the ref have done your job and can not be criticised.

I know of a umpire who once reported someone for a threat to burn down her house with her family in it amongst other bad language after being ejected. He got about 4 months.

a player pushed an umpire to the ground in a final, the player got a few weeks (can't remember the exact figure). the same two teams play in the grand final, the suspended player is allowed to be in the crowd and intimidate the ref.

Basketball Victoria Tribunal Results

Some of interest:

All Stars (Team) 11/11/2003 - Resume 11/11/2006
Assault person - 50 weeks
Striking - 16 weeks
Kicking - 20 weeks
Fighting - 20 weeks
Disputing Decisions - 6 weeks
Unsportsmanlike behaviour - 6 weeks
Bring BBall into disrepute - 19 weeks
Not attend hearing - 20 weeks

Nicholasa Yialias (Vultures) 04/07/2004 - Resume 04/07/2007 (Total of 156 Weeks)!!!!

Didn't Boti's brother get banned for life for punching someone back in the day?

No wonder Boti gtes stuck into officials

To Anonymous,

I think you should/ve raised a stink.

The obvious antidote is that in District comp, as a MINIMUM, the BASA tribunal should match the clubs sentence - in this instance the idiot who threw the ball would've got at least 4 weeks (still not nearly enough IMO).

raising a stink achieves nothing , the ref did his job by reporting the person. That is the end for the Refere.

I do agree however that the Basa needs to support the umps and give appropriate punishment

In Sa refs don't report enough. too many times people mis behave , get thrown out and then never reported.

When I have to venture to Nourlunga, I usually notice the board which displays the recent reports and the appropriate penalties. All of these seem to be for social 'ball, so I wonder if any of their players get reported, or they just show suspensions from social games. There are some appropriate long suspensions handed out.
Any idea how many BASA (senior & junior) get reported?. I have not seen many serious incidents recently, so it could be that the players are more disciplined

BASA Seniors and Juniors do get reported from time to time but it isn't as common as for the Social Comps.

I believe it is a discipline thing.

Not in basketball, but during an Ameatur League aussie rules game this year, a player was reported for bringing a meat cleaver onto the field after being sent off by the umpire!

" I didn't mean to do it" - that is a pretty bad sentence at tribunals

I once umpired a social game at Morphett Vale where one player had another player against the wall be the throat. He was reported and at the tribunal was given 50 weeks with 30 suspended, afterwards the tribunal people said that if we'd filled in the form correctly the player would have gotten a life ban, however the charges we had put down each had a maximum life penalty and there were multiple charges so I don't know how we could have done that one differently...
There are also a few players still with outstanding reports and yet I see them playing at Wayville and Marion. The stadiums need to communicate with each other because to the best of my knowlege if a player is reported at one BASA stadium they can't play at any BASA stadium in any competition until they face the tribunal. But is that the same for spectators?

A district match (semi-final) at Port Adelaide saw a very large senior player from one side threaten the scorebench (from the opposing team) then after his team lost in a close game he proceeded to place both hands around the scorers neck and attempt to strangle him. Needless to say, this player was reported and recieved 52 weeks. Due to his age, this was the end of his career.

Anon (#49518)

A referee will fill out the report and give a detailed statement of the events.
It is the Tribunal that will fill out the Offence Category.

Under 8s game Knox domestic - two mothers of players discussing game one turns to the other and expresses an opinion on a call made in soft tone.
Referee standing nearby turns and ejects another mother on assumption it was her.
I stand up to the mother ejected and incur the same and cop 2 years FFS.