Incident With Fan

[shishstripes]

I agree with Juulie outside of the fact they should never have allowed a parent to get on the floor without running out there to put her back where she belonged. Which bags the question, 6 court facility, very doubtful there was game administration on each court.

Do we know who our game administrators are and where they can be found?

I had a situation umpiring where after the game, the losing coach came after my partner in the parking lot and my partner was "egging" the coach on, you could see a lot brewing during the game as well. I was able to get between them and had the coach (who was also a parent) calm down enough to look around at all of his players staring wide-eyed. He apologized to me and went to his car.

[Kingsman1288]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

Do we know who are game administration is and where they can be found?

Not on a consistent basis, no. With 6 courts they run all over the place so it takes forever to find one.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Kingsman1288

Not on a consistent basis, no. With 6 courts they run all over the place so it takes forever to find one.

Ask the table to call Game Management to your court (if they have phones / walkie-talkies) or to get GM's attention when they next come by. Restart the game.

When GM comes by stop the game or at a natural stoppage, talk to them and have the offender removed.

[jeffpea]

if you do not have the parent ejected from the game and do not press charges, what makes you think these parents (or any others parents/fans watching this unfold) will stop engaging in this behavior in the future?

[JMUplayer]

Originally Posted by jeffpea

if you do not have the parent ejected from the game and do not press charges, what makes you think these parents (or any others parents/fans watching this unfold) will stop engaging in this behavior in the future?

I agree with the above.

[deecee]

And dont feel guilty should you eject a parent or forfeit the game. Everything that transpires is THEIR choice. To leave or stay, its up to them and so are the consequences.

[summdawg76]

DO NOT feel guilty about throwing an abusive fan out. If you do not fix the situation, the rest of your games will go to pot. I stop the game, get the sheriff or game administrator to escort them out. They will not behave that way again. They are very embarrassed to be kicked out.

I have found that I do not call as well if I have a fan or a bad coach jawing me the whole game. I like the above comment that said to go ahead and chunk the kid on his fifth foul. That way his parents have no reason to wait on you. He can ride with his parents who just got escorted out.

Have you guys noticed that no matter how good an official is, if the game sucks itself, it is harder to call?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by deecee

And don't feel guilty should you forfeit the game.

I would clear the gym before I would forfeit the game.