Let me rephrase. I've seen parents deliver a Gatorade to their children either directly, through an assistant coach, or through a team manager between the tip-off and the final horn several times.
It bugs me when parents go over to the bench, during the game, to give their son or daughter a Gatorade. When I was a kid, my mom never approached the bench during a game to give me anything. I drank from the jug at the end of the bench.
Am I just too much of a stick in the mud?
1. The whole "disadvantage" this is subjective. If you reach with contact and I pick up my dribble, then I am at a disadvantage. IF the reach with contact caused me to travel or commit an offensive foul, then I am at a disadvantage.
2. Is there any such thing as an Offensive Kick?
It was a key component to the game and not something you see very often. I was not at the game and am curious as to what happened. The majority of the posts I see imply that the bump was not on purpose and that the team played well in spite of it.