Two Entire Rosters Suspended

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Refhoop

Are we not the police of the game on the court w/ our number one job being: Player Safety?
I didn't say police the entire gym: just the safety of the players on the floor which is where I have jurisdiction.
When safety is number one; how do we justify ourselves by doing nothing?
Our high school rule book says: safety, fair play and sportsmanship is the reason we are there!

Does your state association provide training, certification and guidelines on how to physically break up a fight on the court? If not, then it is not in your scope of practice as an official.

I never said "do nothing", what I said is I agree with Adam that once the punches start we do not get physically involved - we use our whistle and voice to try to control it as much as we can.