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Originally Posted by REFVA
As I've been reading this thread, all of you are passionate about this topic make lot's of sense. let's keep in mind we all have our own interprtation and opinions. Let's also keep in mind that when this occurred, Was The assistance coach a possible parent or an adult that is not normally in the capacity of a coach. So he may have not had the proper training and does not know how to handle the game situation. might be (a coach wanna be) Doesn't make it right. As a ref we should be prepared to hear and recieve all kinds of abuse thrown at us. Including racial remarks.
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I completely agree with this statement.
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Originally Posted by REFVA
This comment really bothers me most did the official take any actions against his association. unless there is lot's more to the story. I ref in a very diverse area and the majority of the players are minorities, I being caucasan get that word thrown my way all the times. Yet my thoughts "who am I being prejudice against". It's just ignorance on the part of the asst coach and anyone who may even think of using the term. Obviously it's IMO.
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What action were these guys going to take? If someone decides you are not qualified to work a league, they can pretty much come up with any reason they want to. Now I guess you could file a suit and go through some legal battles over this issue, but would that be worth it? This is also not about an "association." This league or any league can scratch people how ever they want to. There is no association that can tell a league who they want to work or not work (at least around here). Also it is not like these officials could not find other places to work. All three (who were Black) that year worked a State Final and one of the officials worked this year for his 4th state title overall in Basketball. So these guys were not hurting for games or opportunities in basketball.
A side note to this story, the one guy that was so-called banned from this league was not hired in the Big Ten as a football official. I do not think it was all that tragic for him.
Peace