Ejecting Fans

[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.