Youth league games

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by dave30

At youth leagues though, such as BCI and AAU as well as various other leagues, there are times where parents (fans) and coaches really get out of line.

I am concerned that something is going to end in violence and innocent people are going to get hurt really bad. I've seen quite a few instances of incredible anger directed at the officials. Are you ever concerned for your own safety since these leagues seldom have anybody available to monitor the fans?

Our local association will simply not assign officials to any rec or youth leagues that have these types of problems. It's just not worth it. If we do happen to run into a problem- which we do occasionally- then that league had better clean up that problem immediately. If they don't, they can do their games themselves.

Zero tolerance iow. Works for us.