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Originally Posted by Rich
I get to the whack a long time before being physically abused. Those of us that officiate high school sports -- we all have a role in promoting good sportsmanship. If I allow a coach to continue to act up, I'm as much of the problem as he is.
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It's really the idea that when the adults cease to act as a positive example they will be come an example by having action taken against them.
Others have hit on the idea that if you one set of officials let the coach walk on them, the next officials will have it that much harder.
We as officials are tasked with enforcing sportsmanship and there are ways to get there but we as a whole can't allow that line to get crossed repeatedly without pointing out what is and is not acceptable.