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These are two articles that have different opinions or views of what took place, but I think one point that needs to be seen here is that parents or biased fans should not be scorekeepers. Most of the time there are not problems but I have definitely had my fair share of scorekeepers (parents) that complain about calls made against their team or kid. This is the last thing that I need to worry about when I go to discuss the number of fouls or to remind them when to stop the clock. I know that this saves the tournament money by not having to pay for scorekeepers but an alternative would be to require a parent from the game before or after their kids game to keep score. It's easier to ignore confrontation from fans in the stands but almost impossible to ignore it when it's coming from part of the scorekeeping crew.
This referee even if he did shove the scorekeeper had to do it because he was unable to avoid confrontation while trying to perform his duties. I don't know exactly what happened b/c I wasn't there but this might not have occured if there were neutral scorekeepers!
Thu Apr 08, 2004, 10:41am
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