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Originally posted by thereluctantref
The referee finally went to the coach and warned him to control the fan or else he would give the team a technical. Could he have rightfully done this? Also, what is the point at where you draw the line for fans? How far can they be verbally abusive?
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The rules do allow you to give a technical to a fan if you are sure that you know what team he is a supporter of. However, it's not recommended at all and it's a last-resort tactic. The recommended procedure is to simply put the fan in the parking lot. The official doesn't do that himself either; he gets game management to do it. The official points the fan out and says "I want him/her outa here- NOW". The game is stopped untill the fan leaves. If there isn't a representative of game management in the gym, then the home coach gets the job.
As for how far the fans can go? Being verbal is OK. Being verbally
abusive isn't, especially in 5th. and 6th. grade games.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Mar 1st, 2006 at 05:50 PM]