[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bigdogrunnin

Anyway, at the time, with emotions running high on the part of Team B (players and coaches), and because the game had been going really well (even with one Flagrant T given earlier), I chose to try to focus everyone's attention back on the game and the task at hand. I could say that I just have "that kind of court presence," or I can say I just got lucky. I mainly did what I did, because I didn't want to see a group of kids lose what could have been an entire season to one REALLY dumb decision, as they could very easily have been suspended for the duration by the State Association. I had my co-official's support, as well as the coaches, and game administrators . . . with the understanding that any additional incidents and we WOULD clear the gym. As I stated earlier, the rest of the night went great, and we had no other problems.

Thanks again for the responses.

There's a heckuva difference between a discussion here and facing that type of situation in real life.

Sounds like you did a good job in a tough situation.