It must have been a full moon or something

[bball_lurker]

Some high schools in our league have a no food policy, some do not. But ALL sell food. Do they really expect you to buy a popcorn and eat it outside the gym? Luckily for the refs, school admins are food police.

One HS admin approached a visiting team, and told them to remove all gatorade from the gym! That's taking it a little far if you ask me.

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by bball_lurker

Some high schools in our league have a no food policy, some do not. But ALL sell food. Do they really expect you to buy a popcorn and eat it outside the gym? Luckily for the refs, school admins are food police.

One HS admin approached a visiting team, and told them to remove all gatorade from the gym! That's taking it a little far if you ask me.

Water is a quick clean up. Gatorade contains sugar and becomes a sticky mess.

8th grade moms asking the refs to call more timeouts because the girls' mascara is dripping into their eyes are the worst!

[CoachCER]

A rec league makes the officials responsible for keeping food and drink out of the gym? How are you supposed to do that and, I don't know, ref the game? We have the same rule in all of our gyms, but we have site managers responsible for enforcement.
I did have a parent from an opposing travel team actually suggest that he and I step out into the parking lot over the rule this past season. That was a fun day.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by CoachCER

A rec league makes the officials responsible for keeping food and drink out of the gym? How are you supposed to do that and, I don't know, ref the game?

The league doesn't "make me do it."

Along with reffing I like to help the league out in other ways - training officials, briefing coaches at the draft, helping register players at evaluation nights, etc. If I see a parent, coach, fan, player violating a policy or just generally being "stoopid," I'll generally say something.

I also submit a weekend report (self-imposed) to my Rec Leagues each Monday to let them know of my weekend observations - gyms, teams, coaches, parents, referee evaluations, etc.

Just trying to help make things better.