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Originally posted by rainmaker
Last fall, I was doing some games at the local Hoop, and as I was leaving, a dad came dashing up to me and said, "You gotta go talk to those refs on Floor 3. They aren't calling anything, and it's really getting rough. I just don't want anyone to get hurt." I looked up at the scoreboard on floor 3, and said, "Dad, they've called 10 fouls on both teams and it's only the third quarter. The players obviously aren't listening to the refs. Why don't you talk to the players? Maybe you have more authority than we do." Then I walked out. Good grief!

I love it when a parent says something like this to me. I guess they expect you to walk out on the court and tell one of the officials that you are taking over because they aren't calling anything -- even though it was double bonus on both teams. This is the time that you tell the parent to tell their son/daughter to learn to play better.