Physical contact on a referee

[Mark Padgett]

If a player intentionally makes contact with me in that manner, not only do I eject the player, I make him run with scissors.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

If a player intentionally makes contact with me in that manner, not only do I eject the player, I make him run with scissors.

And you have 'rock'

[NICK]

Ref-Dan, I was not involved in this incident but was told about it. The officials were an 18 and a 17 year old refereeing an under 23 game. I was told that the player who nudged the official has apologised, but has been cited for his actions and will have to attend a hearing. My guess is that the free official might not have seen the action of the player. I am conducting a "back to basics" clinic for the youngsters next week and will discuss the incident (without mentioning any names naturally) and why the free official should freeze and observe the actions of the players amongst other things. Cheers.

[Ref_ Fred]

My guess is that the free official might not have seen the action of the player. I am conducting a "back to basics" clinic for the youngsters next week and will discuss the incident (without mentioning any names naturally) and why the free official should freeze and observe the actions of the players amongst other things

I believe that you quoted the free officials, you meant the other official who was not reporting the foul or the call to the table?

In my 6 years of oficiating, it is my primary focus to keep all players in my sight in the event that a fight or pushing/scuffle doesn't break out. Obviously the referee's were fairly young 18 and 17, had little experience and my have not kept an eye on the players. So he may have not seen if the player intentionally meant to bump the official.

[Junker]

Sort of on the topic..... I had to eject a player from a 3 on 3 tournament this weekend. He got screened and grabbed the screener with two hands and basically threw the kid to the ground. His team finished with 2 players and lost of course. On their way out one of them, a 130 pond HS sophmore or so, told me he'd be waiting in the parking lot. I got a bit of a chuckle out of it. The funny part was their "coach", and by coach I mean idiot dad that had time to drive them to the tournament, started to complain to the guy running the tourney. He was trying to defend his players when another worker walked up and asked if he thought it was all right his players mooned the opposing team on their way out. After that he didn't have much defense for his kids. All this over a stupid, out of season, 3 on 3 tournament. Pretty sad, but the tournament organizers did a great job of backing me. I got some sun and made a little cash.

[Junker]

Oh yeah, as far as the original post, if you're sure it's intentional, dump the player. In the other post, great job by your partner dumping the kid before you had to.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

And you have 'rock'

There was a cartoon in the paper just today that showed The Thing from the Fantastic Four, Edward Scissorhands and Captain Hook. The Captain was saying, "OK, we'll play rock, scissors and hook".