Game Report

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

I must admit that I was struck too by you mentioning the color of skin/race of the two parents. It's not necessary IMHO, you could have easily said, "I believe parent 1 was blue's parent and 2 was gold's parent."

Where was game management? This certainly shouldn't have happened once, let alone twice.

GM was there. GM was a gentleman much smaller than parent #1. He would not have been able to hold the offender back, if that was his course of action. The whole thing happened so fast, that he likely was shocked by it all.

I suppose I could have left out how I determined which parent was which. However, there was no discrimination on my part, so I don't see the big deal.

[shishstripes]

I believe that you meant nothing and you were just trying to justify your rationale for determining fatherhood, but consider your audience and that they may read into it differently than you intended.

As far as GM, they must be ready to react to these situations quickly and often there are other staff members that can help, obviously parents nearby were reacting faster than GM was. Wish individuals who are GM would read this forum and see their importance and to be ready in these types of situations.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

I believe that you meant nothing and you were just trying to justify your rationale for determining fatherhood, but consider your audience and that they may read into it differently than you intended.

Point taken.

Originally Posted by shishstripes

As far as GM, they must be ready to react to these situations quickly and often there are other staff members that can help, obviously parents nearby were reacting faster than GM was. Wish individuals who are GM would read this forum and see their importance and to be ready in these types of situations.

I agree that GM should be the type of person who isn't afraid to act when necessary and then actually act.

The parents already know this parent, whereas GM doesn't. Maybe the other parents know what this parent is like.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I suppose I could have left out how I determined which parent was which. However, there was no discrimination on my part, so I don't see the big deal.

No big deal for most people. You were just trying to use physical characteristics of the parents, and of the players, in case you had to come up with the names of the parents later on. If one of the parents had three eyes, and one of the players had three eyes, then none of us would have any problem with you putting that in your report. Let's move on. "Eh?". Happy Flag Day Canuck.

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