Players vs. Fans/Bench Personnel

[Raymond]

A attended a college game today where the crew twice asked law enforcement to address fans (mostly ex-players from the home team) who were sitting on bleachers right on the front row next to the court. They were getting into dialogues with visiting players The police did not seem to want to engage.

Talking to the crew after the game they said visiting player accused one of the spectators of threatening to kill him. I do know there was a visiting player who was extremely upset at one point in the game.

One of the crew will be back next Saturday and he is really not looking forward to being back in that environment.



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[DRJ1960]

At what point would you refuse to continue the contest if Law Enforcement/Game Administration was not handling the situation as you requested?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

At what point would you refuse to continue the contest if Law Enforcement/Game Administration was not handling the situation as you requested?

I guess I would have to be in this situation to know at that moment.

Yesterday's crew chief told both coaches he was weighing that as an option.

This is a guy who played D1 football, is a high school AD, coached HS football, and whose father was a major D1 conference basketball supervisor, so he is familiar with and sensitive to all aspects of athletics. That tells me the situation must have been pretty bad.

(Dr J, you have a relative who knows this individual very well)