Assault on an Official

[dsturdy5]

At the risk of putting this thread back on topic...

Had a JVG game about three years ago. Very physical game. The fans of the visiting team were getting a bit upset with the calls that did not go in their favor. There were a lot of fouls and the evaluator on site mentioned there were very few that we could have let go. Just one of those games...

One parent, in particular was pretty vocal, the longer the game went, the louder he got. The bleachers in this gym are all on one side, opposite the table, and right on top of the court.

I am the trail, in a two man crew, during ft administration, home team shooting and my back is to the bleachers. We are getting close to the scheduled start time of the varsity game so there is a lot of activity around the court and in the bleachers. As I put my hand up during the 2nd free throw, I do not just raise my hand as normal. Instead, I swing my left, outside arm, out away from my body to the upright position. While this is very out of the ordinary for me, I cannot explain why I did it. Anyway, I felt something just behind my hand...According to a member of the table, the aforementioned parent was irate at the last call, the 5th foul on his daughter, and was storming down the bleachers fists clenched, red in the face. As he was getting close to me, my hand nearly clipped his face. He stopped in his tracks and then exited the gym. I like to think I had something to do with it.

He could have planned on leaving anyway or he could have been heading for the court. I have no clue.

My question to the table was, if you saw him coming, why didn't you hit the horn or alert us some how that a maniac was approaching me from behind? They laughed. I didn't. I spoke the AD, he didn't care. I never worked in that gym again...this wasn't my first "incident" with that AD but it was my last.