The only thing you need to say is, "In my judgement, there was unsportsmanlike conduct and the ejection was the result."
In my judgement are the most powerful words and tools that you have as an official.
Ignore the protest as it was a judgement call.
I know this is stretching it a bit but, you judged it to be an act of unsportsmanlike conduct, therefore it is.
I had this exact thing happen in a National Championship, and it was upheld as a judgement call by the UIC.
Not one of teh things you want to do regularly but it is a tool to be used judiciously.
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