Protest Accepted...Now What???

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ABC Coach

All that aside, the game in question was called off in the 3rd quarter because the refs were tired of the players arguing all the calls.

And I'd have done the exact same thing. And I'd have instructed any officials working for me to do the exact same thing. Your player problem is bigger than your official problem, and that's the area that you should be concentrating on first.

Players act. Officials react. That's universal.

Saying a ref went "haywire" because of the abuse that he was receiving tells me you're looking at your problem from a coach's aspect, not an official's. Deal with your core problem and instill some self-discipline in your players first. Sub-par officiating isn't indigenous to your area. That's universal also. You have to teach the people in your league how to deal with it while working on up-grading officiating skills at the same time.

It ain't easy...but if you don't have officials, you don't have much of a league either. All of this needs to be explained to your league executive also.

Jmo fwiw.

[Tio]

You have some work to do training your officials. But, you can't uphold a protest. The NCAA does not allow protests... not sure whether NFHS has a similar rule.

But 5 technicals in the first quarter is a lot. And probably deserves to be addressed at both sides.

[ABC Coach]

Good....I appreciate the opinions and advice. Someone said that I was looking at it from a coach's point of view rather than an official's. You were right. After reading everything above, I believe it will be in the league's best interest to stand behind the refs on this one and show the players exactly what the standard is when it comes to showing respect for the refs.

FIBA does allow protests to be made. Since I have never heard of such a thing, that's why I'm trying to find out what is the proper procedure for dealing with protests. If anyone knows, please fill me in.

[Jurassic Referee]

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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ABC Coach

FIBA does allow protests to be made. Since I have never heard of such a thing, that's why I'm trying to find out what is the proper procedure for dealing with protests. If anyone knows, please fill me in.

Afaik, a protest in any ruleset is never allowed unless there is a mis-application or mis-interpretation of a written rule. In your situation, those criteria aren't applicable. Technical fouls are always a judgment to be made by the calling official. Just because that judgment might be considered faulty or suspect doesn't mean that the rules haven't been followed correctly.

That's why I'd doubt that you'd ever see a protest allowed against a judgment call under any ruleset in any sport. You might see an announcement that poor judgment was used, but you won't see any action taken against that poor judgment except maybe trying to ensure that it doesn't happen again.

Again jmo.

[Mark Padgett]

Maybe you should first find out what the spread was on the game.

[Judtech]

While it is funny, you wouldn't BELIEVE the amount of gambling on games overseas. Lots of drachma's/lire/krugerand/francs/pounds/marks/Euro's/yen/rubbels/sheckels etc change hands at every game on every level.
Not that this is something I can confirm or deny