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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by MajorCord
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Originally posted by RecRef
Why was the ref(s) hanging around in the first place?
Where was the police and game administration?
"IF" this happened the moment Coach A refused to send his team back on the court the game is over by forfeit.
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This was a game between two small private schools. The way I understand it, the officials were confronted as the two teams were shaking hands at mid-court. The officials were probably retrieving their jackets from the scorer's table.
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The jackets should go into the locker room at halftime and the officials should be running off the court when the horn sounds, getting a thunbs up from the table. If there was a confrontation, it's the officials' fault for being around.
I've seen officials "watch the handshake" and don't understand the point. Aren't there adults (coaches) supervising? Isn't the game OVER?
I could see this happen, though. In baseball, we call those types of umpires OOOs.
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Rich, you're assuming the officials had a locker room. While it should be the case, it's not always. Also, I'll agree they should have just left, but I can see how this could happen.
According to the story, they warned the crowd to drop it. Maybe they couldn't leave. Maybe they were surrounded. Or maybe, they were just confrontational because of the atmosphere of the game and their emotions got the better of their judgment.
Also, maybe they just forgot to get their jackets at halftime (I've done that) and had to get them after the game.
Sat Feb 18, 2006, 12:36pm
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