Washington officials finally disciplined for charity pink whistles

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Support all the charities you want, just do it within the guidelines that representatives from all local associations have previously agreed to. How difficult is that to do?

I swear you guys sound like fans, whining and complaining about officials. I'm done.

Except they can't because they don't work soccer or volleyball. The WOA acted like jerks and we're calling them on it. You can try to spin it as much as you want, but at the end of the day the WOA dictates to its member what charities they can support, despite what you say above.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Except they can't because they don't work soccer or volleyball. The WOA acted like jerks and we're calling them on it. You can try to spin it as much as you want, but at the end of the day the WOA dictates to its member what charities they can support, despite what you say above.

It must be noted that other state associations did not care about this. We did the very same thing as a crew and we did not do it to raise money specifically for a specific organization. We even asked this of our state people and they said after this controversy broke, "No such problem in Illinois." So this to me is a power grab and the reason the WOA looks silly in this. Whether you agree or not whether these whistles or other items should be used is not the point. If you have allowed them in other cases, what is the problem in this situation? And it is especially odd when the officials were doing this with the support and help from the schools. Nothing wrong with following some rules, but is this the rule you want to stick your chest out for?

Peace