Liability?

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Originally Posted by Junker

What do you mean break up a fight? My responsibility is to enforce the rules, not get in between players that are throwing punches.

Great point. Our duty is to punish offenders, not restore order. A friend of mine put a player in a bear hug to break up a fight. A fan took exception and sucker-punched him in the ribs. The crew was so worried about breaking up the fight that they forgot who committed the flagrant foul that started the whole thing and they didn't get any numbers of the 4-8 players that left the benches. Fortunately, there was a tape of the incident. Had there not been, there is no way the state association could punish the offenders.