[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

BNR:

I agree about the bleachers, neither the players nor the officials should retrieve it, that is game management's problem. But if a player says to me: "No sir, coach says we don't have to chase down balls for refs unless it was our fault." I am going to tell him very politely that he WILL retrieve the ball when my partner or I ask him too. If the player still refuses, I will remind him that when he is a player on the court he will follows all instructions that he is given by the game officials. Usually by this time the ball has come back to me, and the player's coach is complaining to me about talking to his player, at which time I will let the coach know his player had refused to follow my instructions to retreive the ball and that the player is to comply with all instructions that the game officials give him. If the coach tells you that he won't let his players retreive the ball, then I let the coach know that the next time a player refuses to retreive the ball after being instructed to do so, that he, the Head Coach will get WHACKED!!

MTD, Sr.

Why not whack the captain instead?