How far would one go, I was bowling league last night and heard a story of an incident which took place the night before and from what I hear is all over facebook.  

A bowler was caught spitting into the thumb hole of the opposing teams balls.  This is not a first time occurrence, actually third time over a period of weeks.(same teams ) but first time it was witnessed and the individual approached.  As a side note, teams are first and second place in the standings.

Do you take this as grounds for suspension ? and should bowler be banned from the league.  Thoughts.

First of all, this should have been taken to the league referee immediately (I suppose you have someone with an official position?). This is a foul by any means, and IMHO the player should have been banned immediately for the rest of the day as a short trem measurement.

Additionally, I''d take this incident(s) as soon as possible (maybe before next league start) to a team captain''s meeting on the next occasion, for further dealing.
But I''d propose to ban the specific player (e.g. for the rest of the season, or for some more educational measure, any further league play in this house/league), not the team istelf (unless the whole bunch has this sick mind).

They might even think about erasing the player completely from the season''s record - all wood. Big punishment for the team, but this will surely hurt and create some tension among those knuckleheads - let them "kill" each other about one person''s dumbness and solve it internally...
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Edited on 2/25/2010 10:38 AM

Here was one suggestion received : .. beside bad sportsmanship. talk about winning by any means necessary....i know one thing.. he hasnt spit in the "right" persons ball as yet.. i know a few bowlers that will leave him "spitless" and toothless

if it was me. id calmly walk over to the head of the league and be like see i have spit in my thumbhole done by the opposing team.

im sure immediatly theyd have to forfeit the game at a minimum. that would be the last time they do that im sure.
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