Referee Hurt In Fight at Big Rapids (MI) HS

[Raymond]

Do not get involved in the melee.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Do not get involved in the melee.

This. Stand back...take numbers. Blow your whistle once or twice to try to get the knuckleheads to stop. The LAST thing I'm doing is jumping in the middle to try to break it up...out of fear of injury to myself OR liability for putting my hands on a player to restrain him/her.

[JRutledge]

I agree BNR. I do not care how big and bad you feel, let them fight and get out of the way. If they fight that is on them and just penalize all the parties involved after it is all over.

Peace

[Adam]

I echo the last three comments. No way I'm pulling a player off of anyone. By the time they get tangled up, I'm just watching and blowing my whistle.

[RefCT]

Agree with all the above. Was told at camp last year to try to separate the players initially if you can get there quick enough but once the first punch is thrown, back off and observe.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RefCT

Agree with all the above. Was told at camp last year to try to separate the players initially if you can get there quick enough but once the first punch is thrown, back off and observe.

If I can get between them, I'll try. If they're already too close for me to get in the middle, I'm not going to separate anything.

Something I learned in mortuary training for the military.
"Never try to separate commingled remains."

[rockyroad]

I still think that players involved in a fight during an athletic event need to be arrested and charged with assault...if the court/field is an extension of the classroom, let's stop letting them get away with this garbage.