Quote:
Originally Posted by JRutledge
... youth sports where I honestly wish we would stop doing these as a community when it is not associated with any school or school organization.
|
While true that interscholastic coaches have to answer to well defined hierarchy of parents, athletic directors, principals, superintendents, boards of education, and state associations; youth sports coaches (depending on the locality) may have to answer to parents, league directors, town recreation directors, mayors, and town councils.
The hierarchy of authority for youth sports may not be as well defined as interscholastic sports, and will vary from locality to locality, but in many cases it does exist, and coaches may be held accountable for their actions.
Granted it's been long time since I did non-scholastic games (recreation and travel), and things have probably changed since then, but back when I did work such games, the "higher ups" always backed me up when I had a problem with a coach. I'm sure that it helped that the recreation director of the town where I worked (and lived) was a fellow certified basketball official.
Of course, things may be different, a lot different, in other localities, where it may be the Wild Wild West.