Where Professionalism Ends.....????

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by rockyroad

The difference is that the official attempted to walk away and was attacked again...I don't think the official in the OP can claim that...because he pushed back, he should receive some kind of disciplinary action from the association

It depends on the details of the "push-back" imo.

Normally if you're pushed, you would usually be physically moved away from the pusher. To have a return push, I think that one of the parties has to then close that gap between them again. If the official moved towards the guy that pushed him, and then pushed him back, that could probably be called retaliation. If the original pusher moved towards the official he pushed, and that official then pushed him away, then that's simply protecting himself, I'd say.

Sound reasonable?