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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Are you ever gonna answer my original questions? Let's try again:
Do you feel that it's OK for anyone involved in a game to ever use racial epithets?
If so, when?
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Why are you not asking those that live in your area?
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I most certainly have discussed this with people in
my area. Not just referees, but the people we referees have to deal with-- leagues, coaches, administrators, etc. With regard to any type of epithet related to race, religion, color, creed, etc., we have a "zero tolerance" policy. Nobody gets a pass, no matter if they claim that they were only kidding when they used an epithet.
Does this policy eliminate incidents? Hell no. Hopefully it reduces them though. We realize that we can't change how any person really thinks or what they are. That doesn't mean that we or others have to put up with them in an an enviroment that we, as officials, are supposed to be responsible for.
No need to respond. We disagree and we're just going around in circles now anyway.