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Originally Posted by Cleefy
I was umpiring a Under 10 girls grand final, (under fiba rules), and I called a blocking foul on a girl, for stepping sideways, into the dribbler, with her legs wider then her shoulders (cylinder principal). At which point, the girls Mother, and two brothers start screaming down my throat. A few curse words were thrown in, before the big, 'bomb' in my opinion. The mother stood up, and said "She wasn't even moving, and her legs weren't that wide, get your eyes checked, you silly old sod". At this point, I blew my fox mini, and teched the bench of that team - although I hadn't given a previous warning. At my association, we are allowed to tech spectators for disputing decisions.
I'm after your opinion on the matter,
Thanks. Cleefy.
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Congrats on being assigned the final game of the season/tournament, and congrats on calling was appears to be (based on your description) the proper call. In my mind, these spectators ejected themselves at either the blue or red points, in that order. If not at the blue point, definitely at the red point.
As for giving a technical foul on the team, unless there is a strong point of emphasis (perhaps with a specific directive) within your local association, I would try to stay away from such behavoir. (Years ago in my local board, there was a provincial directive of zero tolerance. Not all areas abided by it, but my local board did. It's amazing what happens when unsportmanship is taken out of the game!) So just have game management escort the culprits out of the gym and do not start the game until they are 100% out of the gym.