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Issue deserves reasoned discussion
There should be no booze on the breath, let alone drunkenness, by an official at a kid's game and it should not knowingly be tolerated by anyone who is serving as an official at a kid's game. The stakes are too high and the standard of nontolerance is too well established. Team members involved with alcohol face being kicked off the team, and that is an educational stand taken by institutions and leagues. The only reason we are there is to further the educaational programs of the institutions involved. NO we're not teachers. But we are placed in a position of responsibility and authority involving minors.
We owe it to the institutions for which we do these games not to violate that precept. That's the easy part. The hard part, as it is in any honor system, is to enforce it. We are paid to make judgment calls in games, but not to impose moral judgment on co-workers. Involvement with alcohol by someone in authority at a kid's event is a grave offense. Maybe boards ought to establish a protocol in which officials know going in that other officials have an obligation to speak up if there is a substance abuse issue. And for Pete's sake, if you have a beer at lunch grab a tin of Altoids. |
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The school official(s) that agreed to this should be fired. The experienced official (with ZERO integrity) should lose his license. |
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It'd be interesting to see this actually happen in your presence. It's easy to say you're going to do something, but when it actually happens people don't always backup their statements. |
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I think he has other issues
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He should have told them NO !!! The game could have gone on with 4. Second..... I hope I am never put in this situation. However, if I am, I guarantee you that I am handling things as previously stated. FYI.... in case you haven't figured it out by now, I could care less what people think of me. I am who I am. Straight forward, blunt, honest. You don't like it.... tough. ![]() |
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Most humans process ~1/2 ounce of pure alcohol per hour. 1 shot of liquor, 1 beer, 5 oz wine each have ~1/2 ounce of alcohol. So depending on what time the drink(s) were consumed in relation to tip off time there may be absolutely no alcohol remaining in the blood stream.
Source, My Wife a full time Alcohol & Drug Counselor. |
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![]() If someone else can tell they've been drinking, they've clearly had too much to be working a game. They may have had too much to be working with a level less than "detectably drunk", but that is a different point.
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Owner/Developer of RefTown.com Commissioner, Portland Basketball Officials Association Last edited by Camron Rust; Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 11:47am. |
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Trust me..... he/she isn't working with me that night. One way or the other, the game is going to be worked with one less person than originally scheduled. |
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1)The industry that I work in requires me to be trained in this type of detection. 2) I am also a parent of former and current teen-agers. I have never met anyone who has mistaken the odor. |
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