Very inappropriate comments from fans and how to address

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I think it was baseball, and I don't know that it was verified.

Found it. It was Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle claiming that an NFL official called him "boy". I remember that the news reported that Samari said that the official "never played football". I remember thinking how he would know the official hadn't ever played football. A pretty dumb comment, imho.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Found it. It was Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle claiming that an NFL official called him "boy". I remember that the news reported that Samari said that the official "never played football". I remember thinking how he would know the official hadn't ever played football. A pretty dumb comment, imho.

I was thinking of the Milton Bradley incident, I think. Bradley claimed he'd been taunted by the ump. I must have confused the two.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I was thinking of the Milton Bradley incident, I think. Bradley claimed he'd been taunted by the ump. I must have confused the two.

Aww, poor Milton. He's always been such a saint.

[bigdogrunnin]

NBA this year too. Vince Carter and Derrick Stafford (Ref). Stafford gave 2 T's and ejected Carter. Carter got in his face and Stafford allegedly called him a boy.

In response to the OP . . . fan(s) get(s) the buh-bye in several cases:

1. Interfere with players, coaches, game on the court. Keep their butts in the stands.
2. ANY profanity. See ya!
3. ANYTHING racial. Later!
4. Loudly, brazenly, and repeatedly questioning the integrity of the officials (e.g., calling the officials cheaters is one). I know some may disagree, but there comes a point when it shouldn't be ignored.

Just my take. Also, I HIGHLY recommend NEVER attempting to handle fan situations by yourself. Always get game administrators/management to address the fan. No one wins when a game official attempts to confront a fan. Just google it . . . NEVER a good outcome!

I will admit though, that as I work "higher level games" (i.e., college, varsity) that I am far less likely to hear anything from the stands (if anything). But, in those sub-varsity, JH, Little Dribblers, and rec-league games, I tend to put up with far less nonsense . . . and that's just me. I know others won't agree.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Found it. It was Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle claiming that an NFL official called him "boy". I remember that the news reported that Samari said that the official "never played football". I remember thinking how he would know the official hadn't ever played football. A pretty dumb comment, imho.

It was the Ravens/Pats game on MNF in 2007. Rolle whined about a play by telling the official he had probably never played the game before. The official had in fact played in the NFL (KC Chiefs I believe). I imagine his response to Rolle was something along the line was "Boy, you don't know WTF you are talking about". Kinda like I address my son when he starts flapping his gums about sh!t he knows nothing about.

[just another ref]

To each his own. A racial remark means very little to me. If you hurl a racial remark at me, you are trying to be hurtful. I am not much interested in your little game. You are the one with the problem. I would find it worse to be called incompetent or stupid than anything racial, except that the huge majority of people that call us incompetent or stupid are not qualified to make this judgment. By far the worst thing to me is when fans/coaches/players question our integrity. These accusations, of course, are motivated by a wide range of reasons, real and imagined, one of which quite often is race.

Call me blind. Call me stupid. Don't call me a cheater.

[Juulie Downs]

Whether or not racism offends us, we need to be aware that we are there for the kids. When kids hear stuff that shouldn't be said, and it is intended to be hurtful and dehumanizing, and no one does anything about it, it affects them negatively, whether they are of the race doing the hurling, or the race receiving the hurl. If someone is shouting something negative that is race or gender-related, whether it's at the refs, or the players, or the coach, or the guy running the concession stand, if I have jurisdiction, that person is out of here. Period. Not just because of who is doing the yelling or who is receiving the yelling, but because I want everyone around me that this is not to be tolerated by civilized human beings.