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Old Mon Feb 01, 2010, 11:32pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by slow whistle View Post
Um personally I would rather not go to court. And where did I say I lived in fear of any of this? More than one poster said they would automatically DQ a player who made threatening comments and I agreed. This is just one situation where that might apply and a liability issue is just one reason why it might apply. Don't blow my comments out of proportion - is it unlikely? Of course it is!
If you think you are not going to court because you throw someone out you are sadly mistaken. Because if you throw someone out and you only heard it, what makes you think a parent will not take you to court for your actions? That is a more likely scenario. Or better yet, do not make a controversial call that is perceived to have cost a team a post season game, that has actually been taken to court a few times. So if you fear is to not go to court, you really need to stop officiating considering all the lawsuits that had nothing to do with your scenario.

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