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[Adam]

Originally Posted by JoeTheRef

The comment is NEVER appropriate, EVERY referee on this board has acknowledged that. It's the punishment that we referees will pass down according to our judgement that is being questioned.

If I have a partner who's stinking the joint up, kicking calls all over the place, then feels the need to eject a player because a player makes an comment to him regarding his performance that night, I'll probably be kicking any future scheduled games back with that partner.... A previous poster said a coach will probably appeal the ejection. The state will get your report, then a copy of the tape, see how horrible you were, and probably give a monetary reward to the player for his astute on-court evaluation of that referee.

I know you're joking, but I'm still going to answer. Like I said, I don't care if I set officiating back by 30 years. Whether I think the player's comment warrants an ejection will not be affected by how I performed that evening. If I have a bad night and my partner thinks it has any effect on how much profanity a player can use, I don't care.

If you think it's an eject-able offense, don't let your previous calls affect this one. If he's just frustrated, that's different, but the comment in the OP goes above and beyond any leeway I may have given if I'm having a bad game.