sportsmanship award (a little long)

[Junker]

I'm just posting this to do a little venting. I agreed to do some middle school games for the town I live in this winter when their normal official broke his foot. Early in the second half I'm trail, my lead is not certified, but I've worked with him before and he's getting better. On a breakaway layup, home player ends up in the wall. Lead calls ball oob and gives it to visitors. I had no idea on the call because I'm concerning myslef with the other players and my partner is in very good position. Dad in the crowd screams out "bulls#@t" at the top of his voice. I immediately walk over my site manager (a school nurse that's never had to deal with something like this) and ask her to tell him not to use profanity (looking back I should have tossed him immediately, but I'd never tossed a fan). The dad comes walking toward us before she talks to him and say "I'm going" (even though I hadn't tossed him) and comes close to me (not quite on the court) and calls me a "piece of sh@#". He leaves and a couple of possestions later his kid gets T'd by my partner for pushing a kid after a play. The AD of the school (I live in an area without assignors or an association, something I hope to change before next year) pulls me off the last two games not wanting any "controversy". I agreed that it was a good idea as middle school kids are there to learn the game but I told him in no uncertain terms that I felt pulling me from those games encouraged poor sportsmanship and makes it very difficult to work any games involving this school as people were already (the day after, before I had a chance to talk to the AD) talking about me getting "fired" from officiating those games. I had to leave it at that but decided I wouldn't work for that school again. Anyway, getting to the title of the thread, my niece is in the kids' class and he recieved the year end sportsmanship award at their awards banquet. All I could do is shake my head and laugh.