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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4197035, member: 11664"] It shows that Mir's behavior was pretty savvy. And that members of a winning team need to be extra careful about being provoked by players on the losing team, or by the weaker team during pre-game activities. Coaches should better instruct their players about the rules and how at all times, their behavior can affect the outcome of the game. It's unfortunate that if one player or coach went berserk that it could penalize an entire team. Perhaps if a referee exercised extremely poor judgment in awarding controversial T's, then they could be suspended for a period of time as a penalty. But the ref's usually conference together when making these judgment calls so that their calls maintain a rational perspective. In Mir's case, even when players are piled on top of each other on the floor, they're allowed a second or two to "slowly" get off the other player, which she hadn't stopped rubbing yet. I look at Mir's rubbing/provocation much like when elbows are used as a weapon to jab defenders during the game. Little elbow jabs to the defender's midsection are often overlooked by the refs when perhaps they should be called for being overly aggressive. But if one can get away with using their elbows then Mir can get away with rubbing up against the other player too. It's all viewed as incidental contact until one Syracuse player reacts with hostility and then the T is awarded. Mir got away with it. [/QUOTE]