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Old Tue Sep 20, 2005, 11:57am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Re: Why did I eject?????

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Originally posted by baldgriff
This year at the umpire sanctioning meeting I attended either the State or Regional UIC doing the meeting made a point of telling everyone that usage of the "F bomb" is strictly forbidden.

He went so far as saying that if they were watching a game and this term was used and we did not take care of it - we would be pulled off of the field.
And that is an absurd thing to say, but this is my point. You have an individual imposing his/her beliefs on the rest of the world regardless of the culture.

And to tell you that s/he would pull you off the field is atrocious.
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