POE announcer question

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

What if the visiting team takes offense to what is said (see Billy's situation from a few years ago)? Shouldn't we nip that in the bud right away, so it doesn't possibly cause issues during the game?

We have been instructed to get with on site administration, and if need be, they can remove them.

[BryanV21]

If those penalties in Rule 10 can not be handed down, then do we have another rule that doesn't have a penalty attached to it?

Our rulemakers like to force us to give empty threats.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by PIAA REF

The best course of action in my opinion would be to notify the announcer what he is doing isn't permitted. If he or she continues have them removed. I would only revert to a T if I had no other choice. I would rather see him removed from the gym before a T is issued. Same with fans.

Yeah, perhaps you're right. Go to the source of the problem first (the announcer).

I'm just not sure about stopping the game to find the game manager to alert them to the problem. I'd almost rather make a quick comment about the problem to the coach.

Either way, I agree that a tech is the last thing I want to do. I'd hate penalizing the team for something that was out of their control.

[Freddy]

Phone calls and emails today to various and sundry local AD's asking their opinion of the issue. This actual response from one of the was representative of their take on it:

"It is athletic director responsibility to train and hire announcers. However, if an announcer is violating policy, the official should bring it to the athletic director's attention. Blatant violation should be written up on the state report form."

That particular AD also happens to serve on our state's representative board.
That's also how the issue was taught at an association rules meeting tonight.