i agree with Charles Barkley on his take with this. Nobody paid to see the refs, so for that ref to make it about them is a joke. Let these guys play the game. These types of rules are BS & if grown men can't handle stuff like this which has been part of the game since forever, why even play the game.
you can't do a soft layup and then mean mug somebody like you threw down a Shawn Kemp tomahawk. forget a tech he shoulda got thrown out the game just off the principle