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The official does have a right to throw out the scorekeeper and the timer since he is the one according to the rule book that appoints those people to start the game. They are part of the crew. The fans should be delt with by game management. If the official wants them tossed then game management is to escort them from the building. I have seen it done and the game manager mumbled about it the whole night. You cannot keep the fans quiet. They paid their two bucks there entitled to their two buck opinion. Fans evaluating officials? ha!!!! For the most part they don't know a good one from a bad one since they have never been on the floor and don't know what it takes. They can rate an official on appearance, decisivness and presence. There are a lot of intangibles that a fan cannot evaluate an official. Most fans don't know what a legal guarding position is and don't watch the defense so they have no idea of that was a block or a charge that just happened. They can judge on whether a call was made and how sure the official was on the call.
When I am on the floor I am god. I am the judge as to how legal the actions are of all who participate. That is why I get paid the big bucks to where zebra stripes. However, my goal is to be like God and be fair and let justice prevail.
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