Ejecting Fans

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Adam

Let me ask you this, would you have even addressed it if he didn't have the microphone? Suppose it's a youth game, and the crowd is sparse enough that everyone can hear him.

Honestly, that's a great point.

If I put myself in exactly that situation, with a guy yelling that same thing, but not with a mike - I probably ignore it. Wondering if that means it was wrong for us to address it when he had the mike.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Honestly, that's a great point.

If I put myself in exactly that situation, with a guy yelling that same thing, but not with a mike - I probably ignore it. Wondering if that means it was wrong for us to address it when he had the mike.

No, I think there's a significant enough difference that you could address the PA announcer and justify ignoring the fans.

Pesonally, around here, I'm backed up tossing parents for this sort of vulgar language during a youth game (not going to hear it in most high school level games). I did inform a parent in a MS level FB game last spring that he was on the verge of having to hear about the game later (dropping repeated F-bombs at the officials). He mumbled something in anger, but I didn't hear from him again. I normally don't do that, and in fact regret it after the fact, but it worked. I probably got lucky.

[Mark Padgett]

In our local kids rec league, we have at least one of the Board members at every game. If a spectator says or does anything inappropriate, the Board member deals with it up to and including ejection. If the person is ejected, they cannot attend any more games that season unless they appeal to the Board and are reinstated.

And now for something different. Back in HS (a few centuries ago) we used to have a chant we would yell when an opponent was going to shoot an "important" free throw. It was "See that basket, see that ball, c'mon stupid, hit the wall".

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"See that basket, see that ball, c'mon stupid, hit the wall".

Tame by today's standards.