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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Doesn't really matter if there are a few states who don't find it problematic that the crowd can use artificial noisemakers to disrupt the opposing teams signals, even though I find that very very odd.
It DOES matter that there is such a rule in Texas, where this game was played.
It DOES matter that an official chose to enforce the rule (after 2 warnings, neither of which were actually required to be given), and is being banned from the district for enforcing a rule.
It DOES matter that the official's organization publicly commented that he was wrong (whether he was or was not ... since when is this ok for junior high officials????)
It DOES matter that the official's organization is not backing their official against this district and allowing the district to determine, in contradiction to what the state has put in writing, which rules to enforce or not enforce.
And every single one of you should be bothered by this.
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Agree completely. It would be one thing if it wasn't written down as a rule or if he somehow overstepped his boundries, but he didn't. Heck, if anything, he gave the band director a couple of chances to knock it off. The fact that an official's organization is implicitly allowing a school to ignore written rules by supporting the decision to boot the ref is just plain wrong.