NCAA fashion police?

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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

A couple of weeks ago, I went to work a middle school girls game. Some of the girls kept their warm-ups on right up until the time that the starters came onto the floor for the opening tip.

One of the starters wearing a black uniform had on a light gray undershirt. I happened to be lined up right by her coach, WHO IS ALSO A REFEREE! I asked him why it was that we are half way through the season and we still have girls wearing illegal undershirts. His response was, "Because none of the officials have done anything about it." I turned to him and said, "No, it's because YOU haven't done anything about it. I'm pretty sure that if you sat her down in that chair on the bench right next to you, she'd ask why she wasn't playing, and when you told her, the shirt issue would be corrected." He said, "Yeah, but then we'd lose the game." I told him if I worked any more of his games this season, and she had an illegal undershirt, she wouldn't be allowed to play until it fixed. I also spread the word around to my fellow officials about the conversation I had.

I should note that this coach is new to this area -- 1st year in our association too. Needless to say, his excuse did not sit well with me AT ALL.

You're reaction and approach to this coach doesn't sit well with me.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

You're reaction and approach to this coach doesn't sit well with me.

Please elaborate.

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

Please elaborate.

You could have avoided all that talk with the coach by simply asking for a sub until the issue is corrected. The way you spoke to the coach sounds very aggressive and confrontational and does not sound professional IMO. Especially the part about not letting his girl play later in the season and spreading the news around to watch out for this girl.

Control what YOU can control and do it the right way, you are not there to act like the coach's parent.

[jpgc99]

Originally Posted by AremRed

You could have avoided all that talk with the coach by simply asking for a sub until the issue is corrected. The way you spoke to the coach sounds very aggressive and confrontational and does not sound professional IMO. Especially the part about not letting his girl play later in the season and spreading the news around to watch out for this girl.

Control what YOU can control and do it the right way, you are not there to act like the coach's parent.

This sums up my reasoning pretty well. You seemed to take it personally that he allowed someone on his team to have the wrong color undershirt. J

The idea of 'spreading the word' also makes it sound like you want to punish him further. Just enforce the rule and move on.

If I know a coach is also a referee, they get no different treatment from me when I officiate their game. No additional conversation with them during the game, the leash for technical fouls is exactly the same as any other coach, and I do not discuss plays from a previous game with them.