Things can get wild at this age group. The parents seem to get wilder each year. Had situation like this couple of years ago. After asking for "good sportmansship" during a dead ball and not getting it, I then stopped play told the coach of the "out of control" parents that I would give him a T for unsportsmanlike conduct if he could not control his fans.
I know it's not in the rule book, but it worked!! Didn't hear much rest of the game. Most rec/youth leagues have special rules, so I just added one.
In JV or varisty game, I would find home management and discuss the problem with them. It is their job to control spectators. Had varisty game this year where R told the home AD between girls & boys game that the crew would not come out for the boys game if the crowd was not brought under control. (They were the worst I've seen in 14 years in North Carolina.) AD sat the police in the stands. Several parents left the gym because of it.
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Wed Jan 24, 2001, 04:33pm
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