View Single Post
  #11 (permalink)  
Old Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:17am
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
Posts: 8,252
Quote:
Originally Posted by umpjim View Post
You left out the "tongue in cheek" emoticon.

I most certainly did not leave out the "tongue in cheek" emoticon. As umpires we are the expert on the rules. It is our responsibility to protect the "stupid and the clueless" from themselves. When we knowing allow a safety rule to be violated and an injury occurs because of our negligence we are legally responsible for that injury.

MTD, Sr.
__________________
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Go Youngstown (Ohio) State University Penguins!

Member:
Trumbull County (Warren, Ohio) Basketball Officials Association
Wood County (Bowling Green, Ohio) Basketball Officials Association
Ohio Association of Basketball Officials
International Association of Approved Basketball Officials
Wood County (Bowling Green, Ohio) Umpires Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
Reply With Quote