Hoops fan arrested by ref

[Amesman]

Went looking for a local newspaper account online because I thought I had heard a radio report last night say the fan had tried to choke the ref with his whistle lanyard. Apparently true.

More good details from the incident, esp. from the official, here:

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/02/...5200040ba6.txt

Have to love the line, "You can't arrest me, you're a referee!"

[BillyMac]

Since we're all expected to be the Fashion Police, do we all have powers of arrest?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYAks...eature=related

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Since we're all expected to be the Fashion Police, do we all have powers of arrest?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYAks...eature=related

The ironic thing, I was at this school two weeks ago. I was there for a college game.

And this was a religious school. It amazes me how people that pray before games have sometimes the biggest problems controlling themselves.

Peace

[jcarter]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The ironic thing, I was at this school two weeks ago. I was there for a college game.

And this was a religious school. It amazes me how people that pray before games have sometimes the biggest problems controlling themselves.

Peace

You were at Marquette??? Were you working a Purdue North Central game?

Just curious. That Gym is about 5 blocks away from my office..

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jcarter

You were at Marquette??? Were you working a Purdue North Central game?

Just curious. That Gym is about 5 blocks away from my office..

That was the place. Kind of weird working a college game on a high school court, but it was what it was.

Peace

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The ironic thing, I was at this school two weeks ago. I was there for a college game.

And this was a religious school. It amazes me how people that pray before games have sometimes the biggest problems controlling themselves.

Peace

I remember my white hat in football talking about working a tournament involving four colleges all with the same name (which shall remain nameless), all four being of the same denomination (which shall remain anonymous). He said they'd do the prayer and all that before the game, go throw up the ball and next thing you know, in the next 30 seconds, you'd have about 3 or 4 T's and an ejection and God knows what else. LOL

[archangel]

Originally Posted by Amesman

Went looking for a local newspaper account online because I thought I had heard a radio report last night say the fan had tried to choke the ref with his whistle lanyard. Apparently true.

One of the reasons I use a Smitty, and tuck my whistle under my shirt at the end of a game...