I was working a summer league/officials camp game the other night at a Christian school. They had posted the "Ten Commandments for Fans" on the wall. I can't remember all of them but I really like number three:

-III. "THOU SHALT NOT REFEREE - please don't demonstrate your ignorance of the game or your vast knowledge of the rules."

One of the other was "THOU SHALT PRAY FOR THE COACH" :)

I like that, we should vote to make EVERY school have these in their gyms.

SO how was the game?!

It went really well. I had only worked 3-person once before and it hadn't gone two well. I had missed a lot of switches and was not rotating at lead. This time I was with two more veteran officials and we were really clicking. (BTW I don't think some of the fans could read too well! :))

That was my question.

I was guessing that the fans were pretty much human -- high ideals, and not a lot of effort put into achieving them!

there are a few places here that read a sportsmanship code before every game. One of the parts of the code is to demonstrate good sportsmanship towards players and Officials LOL....pretty cool to hear it, but it seldom works LOL

They read those in Southern Indiana all the time, big waste of time.

I did a game at a Christian school one time where they prayed for the judgement of the officials during the opening prayer before the game. After it was over, I turned to the home coach, who was standing right there and said, "You heard it coach, if you think we missed a call, you better take it up with the man upstairs." He laughed and said that they always pray for the judgment of the officials, and sometimes prayers just go unanswered.

The person that sang the national anthem at my high school used to read something about sportsmanship after she sang, I don't know if they do it anymore since I haven't been to a game since I graduated high school 4 years ago.

I'll be back there for 6 games this year though, most of them over my Chistmas break from school. Should be interesting, none of the players will know me, but the coaches will remember me.....

"Some of God's greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers".
For any of you who now have the song stuck in your head, you can thank me later.

At least you didn't quote "My Sharonna" or "Hey Mickie"

We play a Catholic school at which a standard of conduct is posted on the walls. In addition, before each game they read some code of conduct they supposedly believe. We call it Hypocrite High.

You no good &*^$(*(&#$(*&#$(&%(&#). :D

Games that start with a prayer never seem to turn out as well as those that don't.

Well, some teams don't have a prayer to start with, but I wonder if one of the commandments is THOU SHALT TAKE THE WRITTEN TEST.

Somebody here used to have a sig line of "Church League Basketball -- the brawl that begins with prayer."

Thine slacks shall be BELTLESS . . .

I'm currently teaching at the school from which I graduated, and we have the following "Code of Athletic Conduct."

Students should always . . . honor visiting teams, officials, and spectators as guests and treat them as such. . . . They shall confine the competitiveness of the game to the field, and in particular behave properly on the sidelines and in the locker rooms both before and after the games.

This is the same school where, about 5 years ago, the AD said that students should be respectful as fans, but could boo at the referees. If only the search feature was working, I could pull up that post. :p