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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I think your passion is admirable on the surface, but please do not tell me why I should do something because you think it is wrong.

I'm not telling you to do a damn thing.

Again, if you and Old School and the others feel that it's OK for a high school aged player to swear directly AT you, call YOU names, etc., and basically just give 'em a slap on the wrist, then good for all of you. Enjoy yourselves. Hey, when a game gets out of sight, all the players on the losing team can take turns swearing at you. What's a "T" at that time? It's not like any of 'em would ever have to worry about...gasp....maybe being thrown out of a game or sumthin'.

Personally, I won't put up with that crap from high school players or coaches. Never have, never will. That's just me though. Do what you gotta do.

[NewNCref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Do what you gotta do.

I think you hit the nail on the head here, JR. Everyone has their way of handling things, and in this situation, mine would be a flagrant T. As people have pointed out, this can be due to reasons such as where you're from, your game management ability, and how you feel about profanity in general. Though JRut's opinion on this differs from mine, if he feels that the way he handles it works best for him, then I'm not going to take that away from him.

First of all, that post was written last night as a vent. Had they given just a regular T, I probably would not have made the post at all, and I think we can all agree that the statement, at least, was deserving of a T. I would have gone flagrant, JRut wouldn't. Had JRut been at the game last night, and called the T (as I believe he already said he would have) then this post would have never made it here.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Again, if you and Old School and the others feel that it's OK for a high school aged player to swear directly AT you, call YOU names, etc., and basically just give 'em a slap on the wrist, then good for all of you.

You are so over the top. You really need to get out more. Nobody ever said it was okay. It's how I choose to deal with it that's an issue.

Originally Posted by blindzebra

I think it's convenient that many choose to use the, I don't have this problem in my game cop-out.

This is getting ridiculous. If it doesn't happen in my game, then it just doesn't happen. Now, at the end of the game if somebody on the losing team wants to spout off, and they have been perfect up to that point. It's my judgement if I choose to enforce the rule of law or not and it's got nothing to do with any other official or upholding the profession. Let's say, and I'm sure there are some DI officials who have probably been here. Let's say I'm in Illinois and I got a big game in Florida the next day. This game in Illinois is over, I need to get to the airport and figure out if I'm going to be able to get out because of the weather. You F...king referees suck. Okay, I'll make a note of you and remember that comment the next time I see you. The same with the coach, AC.

Do I believe that this player is going to be a problem for the next crew? Possibly! Depends on how the game goes. He will be a problem no matter if I call the technical today or not. No matter if I toss him or not. Guaranteed, if his team is losing the next game, and he thinks you made a bad call. Here he comes. Case in point, Rasheed Wallace.

JR made a referee to what I believe is a superstar HS player. This is a valid point. Depending on who you are, you may get a pass. I heard Michael Jordan got a lot of passes, so did Larry Bird, Dwayne Wade, Shaquille O'Neil, Lebron James. It's our society. You going to be surprise at the next statement I'm going to make. You get a pass too on this forum JR. You get to say a lot of crap that's way out of line out here about others and nobody checks you. You get to say way more than anybody else, go on and on and on. If I say something in retaliation, my comments gets deleted. My point is, some people do get special treatment. That's just the way it is in this society, and it is across the board.

Get over it!