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Just as officials have to hold themselves to a higher standard than players and coaches, I believe players have to hold themselves to a higher standard than fans. It's a "catch 22" that officials have been against for so many years - now the players are getting a little taste of it.
I am a baseball umpire and as our crew was exiting the field, I opened up a the gate to let us out and an angry fan pushed the gate back and it closed on my face. Yeah, I felt like going after him but I didn't. Later, our Supervisor contacted the school A.D. and the fan was prohibited from attending the rest of the games for the weekend.
This may not be an apples to apples comparison, but dealing with irrational fans comes with the territory of making millions of dollars. If you think it's not fair, then get out of sports and go sell records. Just my opinion.... yes, I am from the Detroit area.
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