Parent Etiquette

[Matt]

Originally Posted by jicecone

I believe the NCAA rulebook states that a copy shall or should be at every game. When I was doing College ball, If I ejected a coach for bringing a rule boo,k I know I would have received a call from my assignor asking me what rule violation was the coach ejected for.

Why did you work for an assignor who had never umpired?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Matt

Why did you work for an assignor who had never umpired?

It's worse sometimes. I worked for a college assignor who umpired for many years. As soon as he became the assignor he immediately started taking the side of the rats to show them and the conference commissioner that he wasn't an apologist for the umpires.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by Matt

Why did you work for an assignor who had never umpired?

The assignor was very experienced.

You would understand were I was coming from, if you ever had to sit on a disciplanary committee that recommended wether any more action should be taken against someone that was ejected from a contest, or if the ejection was sufficient.

You have to determine the degree of the rule infraction that was violated and whether or not the official acted within his/hers authority so provided in the rulebook also. I have seen coaches and players receive additional games, suspended and sometimes removed from the league.

By the same token, it is sometimes hard to make these decisions when you have an official that abuses his/hers authority, or provokes the action for which you would like to discipline someone for. Believe, me the assignor will be one of the first that get a phone call and we all know what flows downhill.

I have been in both positions and have always stood behind my officials but sometimes some officials can make that very difficult. That was my point.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by jicecone

The assignor was very experienced.

You would understand were I was coming from, if you ever had to sit on a disciplanary committee that recommended wether any more action should be taken against someone that was ejected from a contest, or if the ejection was sufficient.

You have to determine the degree of the rule infraction that was violated and whether or not the official acted within his/hers authority so provided in the rulebook also. I have seen coaches and players receive additional games, suspended and sometimes removed from the league.

By the same token, it is sometimes hard to make these decisions when you have an official that abuses his/hers authority, or provokes the action for which you would like to discipline someone for. Believe, me the assignor will be one of the first that get a phone call and we all know what flows downhill.

I have been in both positions and have always stood behind my officials but sometimes some officials can make that very difficult. That was my point.

I empathize with you, but if that was your point, you failed.