A Fan Shows His Ignorance

[j51969]

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

So, many of you know my story, but please allow me to share it for those who do not.

I am 58 yrs old. I played HS basketball, played Rec league, owned a team in rec league, coached in rec league, coached MS ball for 6 years, HS for 5 yrs which included my last year at the Varsity level. Then I became a referee 14 years ago. I run the local church league as the referee trainer. I have 7 officials that I have trained ( this year ). I am a board member on our HS association. Next year I will be the Secretary/Treasurer of the association.

I was refereeing the 1st round of the play offs in our church league. A1 drives to the basket B1 jumps straight up and A1 collides into B1. A1's shot misses. I've got nothing. Fan screams "WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?"

We go the other way, after about 30 seconds there is a break in the action and we are headed back to where the fan was screaming, so I decided to explain to him Verticality. I know, I was wasting my time. So after I explained, he says " That's why you're refereeing here"...

It's a shame that they don't get it. I bet most fans believe the rules were written once and never changed until the 3 point line came into play.

1. You can own a Rec team?

2. Rather than respectfully giving this fan a bit of insight into the rule....
I would have mentioned that you don't end a sentence with a preposition.

3. it’s not a shame they don't get it. Personally, I occasionally get great pleasure in the inane ramblings of these people. Being ignorant of the rules in any sport by stupid fan (especially when intoxicated), is as American as buying a hotdog at a baseball game!

[Welpe]

It always struck me as a little odd that fans who scream things like that don't realize they're denigrating the entire game.

It almost makes me want to shout back "And yet you're still watching aren't you?"

[RulesGeek]

Originally Posted by j51969

2. Rather than respectfully giving this fan a bit of insight into the rule....
I would have mentioned that you don't end a sentence with a preposition.

In this case, "that" is used as a pronoun. That | Define That at Dictionary.com

[j51969]

Originally Posted by RulesGeek

In this case, "that" is used as a pronoun. That | Define That at Dictionary.com

Foiled, Maybe an (AT) at the would have helped me.