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Originally Posted by letemplay
Is it ok for a high school ref to address high school players with profanity? Such as: "Stop your bitching" or "Shut your g__d___ mouth" ...and more of this nature 
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Nope. Have I heard it happen? Yes. But it shouldn't.
There are lots of ways to communicate with players; it's not as though profanity is the only language they know. A healthy, "knock it off!" or "I have heard enough." works well. So does a technical foul.