For what would you eject?

[BktBallRef]

Baseball coaches are allowed to come onto the field and argue.

Football coaches aren't.

[Old-Dawg]

Coaches can be ejected for a good many reasons most of which are the same as in other sports. In football coaches can also get ejected for something they didn't do or failed to do.

The reason you don't see it very often is as BktBallRef said they are not allowed to come on the field. If the football field was the same size as a basketball court you would see more coaches ejected. The fact that they are some distance away has saved many a coach.

Read rule 9-8 and as with any rule be sure and read the PENALTY:

[JRutledge]

The rules do not need changing on this issue. The rules are fine the way they are.

Peace

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The rules do not need changing on this issue. The rules are fine the way they are.

Peace

Absolutely. We have enough with rules, formations, legal/illegal contact and blocking, etc. why worry about ejecting anybody.

[Forksref]

It's not the rules but our interpretation of the situation.

I ejected my first coach ever last year. I've been doing basketball since 73 and football since 75.

I was R in a JV football game. Punt goes between the hands of the receiver but doesn't touch him. A K player falls on the ball and thinks his team has the ball. The BJ rules correctly that R gets the ball. The K coach goes nuts and the BJ has to tell the coach, "That's enough." The coach says, "Come over here and say that!" FLAG - USC signal - Ejection signal. You can't always put it in writing what the situation will be when you have to eject, but I knew it as soon as it happened that it warranted an ejection.

I called the state, the head coach and principal of the school the next day. First time in over 30 years. Not pretty but it had to be done. Head coach was great about it. He wanted to make sure that the story he got was correct and it was. The other coach on the sideline told him accurately exactly what happened. Ironically, the coach that was ejected was the head coach's brother. I think he learned a lesson and came back OK after his suspension.

Obviously, I have a long fuse. I hope I don't have to do it again, but with my experiences, I will know at the time when it has to be done.