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Originally posted by coachfanmom
Ok....here's my sitch from yesterday's tournament.....
12U girls FP ASA Rules
What do you do when you have a spectator (from your own team) sitting outside the dugout fence that consistantly hackles the coaches decisions on EVERYthing they do. When the coach went over to ask her to shut up, she then threatened to come into the dugout and kick the coaches butt if she didn't leave her alone that she could sit there and say whatever she wanted.
I've never wanted to just call a game and leave the field but I wasn't going to do that to the rest of the team. This "fan" was an aunt of one of the players on the team. The parent of this player was told that if the aunt came to anymore games and her behavior was the same that the player would be benched until the situation is under control. Ump said there wasn't anything in his power to do about it.
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Some things (and people) should never be tolerated at a youth sports event. Have the Park supervisor throw this woman out. Maybe that will get the message across. As for saying "whatever she wanted", well, threatening physical violence is a crime (assault) and can be dealt with by the police if the need arises. I've only ever had to call police 1 time in about 15 years of officiating but I can tell you it will shut most people up very quickly.
This is not the umpires problem unless it disrupts the game.