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Originally Posted by Ignats75
The first year I was officiating, I almost got tossed from a CYO tournament because a player on my daughter's team was called for a deadball T for pushing in the lineup during an inbounds play. I was sitting in the stands and said to the official (wearing an old collared officiating shirt) "ball is live". He yelled at me "No its not." I happened to have the rule book with me because as a first year official, I was reading it all the time. I pulled it out of my back pocket and calmly read the definition. He threatened to throw me out.
He doesn't referee CYO anymore.  |
While I agree he was wrong, I wouldn't recommend doing this to officials at any level. They're likely to either be right or obstinate. And 99% of the time, you'll come out looking poorly.