Spectators as coaches, coaches as spectators

[Mark Padgett]

Maybe the FED should adopt the rule we have in our local kids rec league regarding this. We have a Board member present at all games. If anyone in the stands makes disparaging remarks about the referees, they get one warning to zip it. If they do it again, they are tossed out of the gym.

All coaches are notified of this policy at our pre-season coaches meeting and are instructed to notify all parents.

BTW - if a coach gets tossed for any reason, it's an automatic suspension and they must appeal to the Board to get reinstated.

Ya' know - in all my years of being associated with this league, I can't remember even once that a coach got tossed while just being a spectator at a game.