[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by sm_bbcoach
Witht he great sportsmanship being shown this past weekend, I am currious what the feeling of the board is on this topic:

at the conclusion of a play, a fight breaksout between 2-4 players. Swinging, punching, ect... As an official, what are reactions, hbow do you handel this and what about the other players?

Do you do the "hockey officiating" allow the players to scrap it out andf keep other away until down to the ground,then begin to pull off"? Do you try and seperate the combatants? Who is watching / keeping others from joining in 5-10 yards away?

What if fans begin to become involved either on the field OR in stands.

Please hope with me that this NEVER happens in a HS game, but the way it is going, you never know!

I have never seen a fight break out at the conclusion of a play. If that has happened, imagine the headline, "Crowd cheers encore: only it wasn't acting."