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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Actually, here's my point. In that league, we try to achieve a sportsmanship level of 100%. If we can get the crowd to not yell at the refs regarding calls, it has that much more of a positive impact on the players. That's why we are "quick on the trigger" to admonish and even eject unruly spectators. The structure of this league mandates the following:
1) kids having fun
2) player safety
3) sportsmanship
4) respect for authority
5) improving skills
Parents yelling at refs is in conflict with numbers 3 and 4 and is not tolerated. BTW - the motto of the league is "Do Sports, Not Drugs". This league is for boys and girls in grades 3-12.
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Well this is certainly different than "Because it's so much fun embarrassing a gym full of parents"... but I guess I still don't get why you would need to have the refs do their show of hands thingy prior to every game.
FWIW IMO if you want to be treated with respect as an authority then you have to treat those you have authority over with respect.