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I can come up with numerous scenarios where a ref's actions might cause you to end a game or pull a team from the floor. I gave two extreme examples. Doesn't matter if they apply to this case. What I am saying is that the rules deal with coaches and fans and teams and players, but do not anticipate extreme misbehavior by officials.
I would argue that everyone would have a point at which, if the officials did not call the game, they would call it themselves or pull their team from the floor. It might result in a forfeit at the time, and depending on what caused it, that forfeit could be overridden. I would also say that I have never run into any of these scenarios nor would I expect to run into them. But things can happen that the rules do not anticipate or account for. I am also not sure what precisely is alleged to have occurred in the Texas case, or whether what occurred would be sufficient reason to end the game. And other authorities will have to decide that.
But take the NC rule where the player flipped off the crowd and received an automatic ejection. If that is the standard, it logically extends to officials. It's just that the writers of the rules don't write that in because they don't anticipate that occurring. But if it is enough to disqualify one participant, it should be enough for any participant, IMO. Refs should meet at least as high a standard as players and coaches, if not higher. Players and coaches can leave the game, but the ref must stay. That means that when all else is going to hell around them, they must keep their heads. Sorry, but that's what y'all signed up for. And you can get rid of all the idiots that don't keep their heads.
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