[Nevadaref]

We have one local school that allows a guy to pretend that he is Chick Hearn reincarnated. He sits next to the official scorer and very loudly announces the baskets by the home team. For example, he will comment, "Johnson, FOR THREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!" When the opponents score he quietly states, "Roberts, two point basket." I believe that the decibel level on the PA system is excessive when the home team scores. I have not worked a game in this gym so far, but watched my friend work one last evening. I was wondering about the application of the artificial noisemaker rule to this announcer. I must say that it is so loud after the home team scores that it hurt my ears and I am sure that the visiting team would be unable to communicate while trying to in-bound the ball.