Mea Culpa ... I lost my mind
 

Fanboy parent came out for the first time in a long time...

But could any of you have kept a lid on it?

Preamble to the actual play where I lost it... this is 8th grade C ball (so I generally sit there and cheer like a good Dad, and explain calls or the rules to my wife). Ref had already called, 3 times, balls bouncing straight off the backboard, but somewhat near the top, as out of bounds for hitting the top of the backboard. Ref had already missed a girl dribbling, cut off, taking a step backward to make space and then levelling the defender with a shoulder and elbow. Ref had consistently waited WAY WAY WAY too long (to the point of it being a safety issue) on many jump balls (this is 8th grade C after all).

I'm a good boy through all of this.

Opposing team is up by 3 with 2 minutes to go, inbounding after my daughter's team scored.

She takes it out of bounds, sees no teammate to inbound to, throws it to the REFEREE... who is almost to the free throw line extended, near a sideline. Referee not only doesn't get out of the way ... referee CATCHES the ball, throws the ball back to the inbounder, who was now 4 steps onto the court ... and we keep playing.

Yes. I confess. I lost my mind.

Well at least he didn't take the pass, drive the length of the court and dunk on your daughter or one of her teammates. :eek:

If this is 8th grade C ball, does that mean that there is an 8th grade A and B team, both with probably about 10 players each, meaning that the C team is made up of the 21st-30th most talented girls in the school?

Makes me wonder at what point do we simply start telling kids that basketball may not be their sport and encourage them to find something else to be successful in. :rolleyes:

Sounds like you may have had an 8th grade C referee. While good referees do those games at times, you can't expect all that much.

Sorry to make light of your situation, but that made me LOL...

And, just to pile on...
You forgot the no-called, obvious, PC foul on the ref. And, said ref did three chin-ups while hanging on the rim after the dunk :D

Sounds like you should be volunteering to train the officials for the 8th grade C-ball league.

I sit away from the other parents for my kid's games and just laugh at them.

The parents, that is.

When I was in school they had Jr. High School instead of Middle School, so 7th, 8th and 9th were grouped together. We had an A, B, and C team in 7th, an A and B in 8th and 9th grade was "Varsity". The C team wasn't always the worst 12 players on the "team". Instead, they divided the players up so that the best players could get more playing time and was usually broken down by position (i.e. why have your 3rd best guard sitting the bench, when he/she could start for the B team). Typically the C team was weakest, but it was usually a product of having the least "game" experience since there weren't that many other schools with C teams.

Violation for the thrower being the first player inbounds to touch the ball following the throw-in pass.

Every junior high around has A, B, and C at both 7th and 8th grade, in both basketball and volleyball.

Consider that each class has about 250 kids; about 125 of each gender ... 30 kids playing a sport is not that much.

Yes ... but this same referee does the A & B games...

I've done that. Then again, there were FOUR fans for our team at this game... and about 10 for the other team. No one to sit away from.

My point doesn't change. You're usually not going to get great referees at the MS level.

This made me chuckle.

Next he'd whack all 14 people in the bleachers.