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In HS for the most part there is no one around, so the coaches have to assist you when it comes to fans.
I agree with you on getting the coaches together to help out. I disagree in engaging with the Fan.
UIC calls time and asks fan, who is sitting right behind home plate calling balls and strikes and heckling the UIC, to leave,
Our job is inside the diamond not outside of it. If a FAN is belligerent and making it virtually impossible to officiate the game as was the case in your thread, simply call TIME - go to either coach (depending upon whose FAN it is) and have them take care of the problem.
Do not start the game back up again until the problem is solved. If the delay is substantial you should also receive an extra 1/2 FEE for that game.
After the game write a report and send it to:
1. Your assignor
2. The athletic director of each school
3. The principal of each school
Hopefully, the school will intsruct this FAN to stay home at least for one game and subsequent behavior penalized more harshly.
Pete Booth
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Peter M. Booth
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