IHSAA Sectional Fight What should happen

[Rich]

Originally Posted by stir22

So, what do you guys do if a fight breaks out in a game you are officiating? Our association tells us not to intervene; to let the coaches handle it. I've gotten between players after a hard foul, or when they are getting kind of chippy- but have never been in a game where an actual fight breaks out. Any experience here?

/thanks

Thankfully, not yet.

We did have a technical foul on Saturday where a player shoved another player after an out-of-bounds and my partner called a technical foul. An opponent really wanted to clap and whoop that up, but I was on him before anyone could even think he deserved a technical or, more importantly the situation escalated.

I would never get in the middle of a fight. I need to observe and record numbers (even if just in my mind) and I have my own safety to consider, too.