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Originally posted by Slider
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What about 2.8.1 COMMENT, on page 9, especially the last sentence? Can it be any clearer than that?
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See the problem is, you see it as UNSPORTING to yell at the kids by a coach. I personally do not.
The use of "foul language" has nothing to do with being unsporting itself. You can do other things and not open your mouth and get a T. So what the heck are you so focused on the language for?
If you want to go ahead a T everyone for saying something that you and only you hear, then do that. You have the right if you choose. I think you are wrong and I think that the rulebook and the casebook does not support it. My question to you is why do you not let the school handle those things. They do all the time. It is not like we are the one's kids they are yelling at, or they are not representing us at this game.
Foul language and the use of it is very overrated to me. If I got upset or tried to give T for every single time I heard it, I would not have players on the floor and fans in the stands. This is not church or worship time. This is a sport where emotions off all kinds come out in the heat of it. I am not condoning anything, but I am not going to penalize a kid or coach just because they use a word that might be profane. And if that is the case, it would be very difficult to officiate anything.
I think there are much bigger fish to fry. But then again, that is my opinion. I think this is an area thing. If you were to do that in many circles, you would be doing rec. ball. And you could not even do rec. ball because the language all the way around can be bad.
Peace
PS. The COMMENTS talk about profanity, not abuse. It is not my job to judge what is abusive, when you do not have to use profanity to be abusive. But then again, I am not a social worker and I am not going to give Ts that will hurt the kids and the blame of losing is going to be on my shoulders. If I deam it necessary, I can right a report to the state, but I would not even do that. I have been around enough coaches that got in trouble for their actions and I was not anywhere around to report it. Find something else to get upset by.
[Edited by JRutledge on Jan 28th, 2002 at 12:55 PM]