Player physically threatens an official....

[SeanWorrall]

Hi, does anyone have any examples of disciplinary action taken against players who have threatened an official?
e.g., threatned physical harm after the game (Car park, locker room, wherever...)

Our association is having to deal with such an instance and would like to hear about some precedent if possible, as this is a new one for us.

Looking for examples of ACTUAL punishment though, not what ought to happen!

Thanks

[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally posted by SeanWorrall
Hi, does anyone have any examples of disciplinary action taken against players who have threatened an official?
e.g., threatned physical harm after the game (Car park, locker room, wherever...)

Our association is having to deal with such an instance and would like to hear about some precedent if possible, as this is a new one for us.

Looking for examples of ACTUAL punishment though, not what ought to happen!

Thanks

We had this happen in a Christian HS Tourn. where a kid complained about a call and the official (a friend of mine) stopped signed him and told him "no more", and also made sure his partner knew the player had been warned. A few minutes later the kid did the same so they T'd him up. His response was "Bull Chitakke" so partner T'd him again and told the coach "he's done". The player told both officials "he would be waiting in the parking lot for them". They got the tourn director involved and he suspended him for the rest of the tourn. I was told that he's lucky this tourn was sponsored by the Christian High School's Association and not the state because the state would really crack down but nobody was sure exactly how much they would punish.

[tmp44]

I was supervising IMs one night this year when two minutes into the game a kid in the frat leagues got tossed by one of my better officials. Two F-bombs in a row...good night and sweet dreams. Frat boy then procedes to tell my official that he'd kick his a$$ and that he better hope he never sees him on the street in between classes. After this, I told the frat boy that he would have to leave the gym and that a suspension for the ejection and verbal abuse would be upcoming. He then decided to start threatening me and refused to leave the gym, while continuing to threaten both the official and me. As I went to get the security guard to call university police to escort him out, the kid followed me to the security station, still threatening to beat my a$$ and yes, kill me. Security guard heard the threats, police arrested him for making terroristic threats and the kid has been suspended for the rest of the year. How's that for precedence?

[SeanWorrall]

Thank you, this is the sort of stuff I'm after!
tmp44, can I ask, how far into the season was this?

[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally posted by tmp44
I was supervising IMs one night this year when two minutes into the game a kid in the frat leagues got tossed by one of my better officials. Two F-bombs in a row...good night and sweet dreams. Frat boy then procedes to tell my official that he'd kick his a$$ and that he better hope he never sees him on the street in between classes. After this, I told the frat boy that he would have to leave the gym and that a suspension for the ejection and verbal abuse would be upcoming. He then decided to start threatening me and refused to leave the gym, while continuing to threaten both the official and me. As I went to get the security guard to call university police to escort him out, the kid followed me to the security station, still threatening to beat my a$$ and yes, kill me. Security guard heard the threats, police arrested him for making terroristic threats and the kid has been suspended for the rest of the year. How's that for precedence?

I wonder who was paying for his tuition, him or his folks? I bet his day only got better.

[tmp44]

Originally posted by SeanWorrall
Thank you, this is the sort of stuff I'm after!
tmp44, can I ask, how far into the season was this?

We play a 6-game regular season per division, plus a 32 team tournament for playoffs. This incident happened in week 3. What was even worse for him was that he played on two teams, a frat league team (they have separate 8-team playoff) and a regular men's team (that goes into the 32-team tournament)--he was suspended from both leagues for the year.

[SeanWorrall]

So the ban spread across to other competitions, good stuff....