3 seconds....THREE SECONDS!!!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bbcof83

I noticed the same thing watching the game ahead of mine at a Christmas tourney yesterday. 3 or 4 guys up in the stands spent the entire game SCREAMING things like you said (CHARGE!, in case you're wondering that was a charge, you're missing a good game ref, shuffling her feet is traveling ref!, etc)

Is it getting worse? How can we turn it around and start improving things?

I feel when the wife and I finally have kids and they start to play ball I'm going to have a real problem sitting anywhere near this lot... Do I educate them? Ignore them? Run away screaming? Yell back with directions on how to be a better fan/parent (know the rules!, it's about your kid not you, everyone would have more fun if you shut your mouth!, etc)?

Sit back and have a good laugh. Nothing else is a good option.

Last night was a pretty bad girls game. Most of the game consisted of players lowering their heads and trying to drive through 3 defenders and everyone (on the offense's side) wondering why we didn't call a foul. Go to the other end -- wash, rinse, repeat.

My favorite play was near halftime -- a 6'3" girl got a rebound and held the ball above and slightly behind her head and a player came from behind and simply took the ball away from her. And people wondered why there wasn't a foul. Duh. She simply had the ball taken from her.

Like I said, if you're in the stands have a nice smile/chuckle and if you're on the court.....well, do the same for the stuff that gets through the idiot filter.