During the game, standards of behavior, including language, are set by us.
We must decide what is inappropriate and unacceptable. If a parent complains about the use of God's name in vain, and the official responds to that parent in the way described above, I haven't heard anything more inappropriate than that. jmo

I'm thinking the lock on this thread is near.

Actually the conversation was a little longer than that and if that is inappropriate than that is more of the reason you and I often do not agree on things. You go to games dressed, that is inappropriate to me. It does not stop you from doing what you feel works right? So save the "We set the standard" holier-than-thou crap. As someone said earlier, we hear language in the huddle of football games all the time and no one makes a big deal out of it. We might tell the players to watch their language, but no one worth their salt goes around flagging every time we hear a bad word. If the reason for doing so is because others can hear, then OK and that makes since, but just say that is the standard. Just so you know the rules are basically the same between football and basketball when it comes to this rule and I have yet to see anyone give a T or flag someone in sport for something heard in a huddle in either sport.

Peace