Unsportsmanlike question.

[Jim D]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Just to make sure that I understand...

So some player from the bench keeps yelling out profanities about you directly but you don't flag it because you can't tell who it was?

You go over to try to get them to retract their statements, to no avail.

When you walk away, they start up again. You still can't flag it because why would you change your policy part way through?

No you don't understand.

I was responding to the original post where the wing heard a curse word but was not sure who said it.

Now you are presenting a different scenario and I would handle that situation differently than the original. I do change my response depending on the situation.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jim D

No you don't understand.

I was responding to the original post where the wing heard a curse word but was not sure who said it.

Now you are presenting a different scenario and I would handle that situation differently than the original. I do change my response depending on the situation.

Ok, let's try this one:

Just before a snap someone cusses you out. During the play, it comes again and a third at the end of the play. You know it's the same person, but you don't know who because you were concentrating on-field.

Flag?

[Jim D]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Ok, let's try this one:

Just before a snap someone cusses you out. During the play, it comes again and a third at the end of the play. You know it's the same person, but you don't know who because you were concentrating on-field.

Flag?

Yep, now I most likely have a flag. This isn't one isolated f-bomb, it's a sideline getting out of control. Plus, with the repeats, either I or someone else in the crew could narrow it down closer so we would probably know it at least that it came from a coach or a player and not from some non-team person.