Over The Line Fans

[SD Referee]

Originally Posted by Smitty

It certainly does matter what he's saying. You claimed to be a state tourney official, didn't you? I would think you'd have had to deal with this sort of thing on several levels by now throughout your career.

He was saying something about my appearance. Actually something the complete opposite of my appearance trying to get under my skin. He thought he was pretty funny and clever.

Obviously we all deal with the occasional comment by a fan and that I couldn't care less about, but this guy was riding me for 3/4 of a quarter on every call I made that went against his team.

Since I will be seeing the same guy at another game, and it could happen again, I wanted to know how to handle it.

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Originally Posted by SD Referee

He was saying something about my appearance. Actually something the complete opposite of my appearance trying to get under my skin. He thought he was pretty funny and clever.

Obviously we all deal with the occasional comment by a fan and that I couldn't care less about, but this guy was riding me for 3/4 of a quarter on every call I made that went against his team.

Since I will be seeing the same guy at another game, and it could happen again, I wanted to know how to handle it.

I'm still not understanding what the guy is saying. If it is an over-the-top personal attack, go tell the game management that he is a problem. Depending on the severity, ask them to remove him or monitor him more closely.

But I'm still not seeing the need to do anything at all based on your cryptic descriptions. I look relatively young and have occasionally had fans make comments about my age. It isn't over the line, excessive, or anything else that requires a response. I ignore it and don't even stop to address it.