Would you rule USC on B??

[bigjohn]

Of course most officials don't call this rule by the book either!


SECTION 8 NONCONTACT UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY NONPLAYERS
ART. 1 . . . No coach, substitute, athletic trainer or other team attendant shall
act in an unsportsmanlike manner once the game officials assume authority for
the contest. Examples are, but not limited to:
a. Using profanity, insulting or vulgar language or gestures.
NOTE: The NFHS disapproves of any form of taunting which is intended or designed
to embarrass, ridicule or demean others under any circumstances including on the
basis of race, religion, gender or national origin.
b. Attempting to influence a decision by a game official.
c. Disrespectfully addressing a game official.
d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

c. Disrespectfully addressing a game official.
d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

In our association, we have a lot of baseball umps. They tend to take the route of "personal" attacks. The "That's a crappy call" gets a pass, but "You're a crappy official" gets 'em 15. (I'm not a baseball ump, so I'm not sure what the threshold is, but we've discussed it.)

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Suudy

In our association, we have a lot of baseball umps. They tend to take the route of "personal" attacks. The "That's a crappy call" gets a pass, but "You're a crappy official" gets 'em 15. (I'm not a baseball ump, so I'm not sure what the threshold is, but we've discussed it.)

"YOU" followed by almost anything other than "are the best official I've seen all year."

[jTheUmp]

"all year"? Pshaw, I'll accept nothing less then "in my entire life"

[bigjohn]

I mean, come on! Anyone ever called this?

d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

I mean, come on! Anyone ever called this?

d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

Yes. It is not that common.

Peace

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

I mean, come on! Anyone ever called this?

d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

The only case I can think of are excessive and pointless bickering. We have one school (a private school) that has a well funded football program. They have 5 coaches and several trainers. Before the "3 in the box" change, they always assigned one guy to ride the wing up and down the field chipping away at everything. The "Hey! He's offsides!" or "Come on ref, you gotta call holding on that one..." or "Why'd you spot the ball there?!?" When it got annoying, we flagged him. The rest of the game he was much more subdued. I never saw it in any of my games, but he's been tossed several times. It got to the point that we decided to start flagging the HC instead to fix the problem.

Well, the "3 in the box" pretty much killed that tactic. With only 3 coaches, losing one would probably be too much for them. Since then, they've been far less annoying, and no longer have the assigned rider.

[Welpe]

No I wouldn't rule USC on this here because it's not USC.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

I mean, come on! Anyone ever called this?

d. Indicating objections to a game official’s decision.

I'd say the vast majority of USCs called against coaches are for violation of this very rule.

[bisonlj]

I wonder if bigjohn goes on police web sites and criticizes them for not giving speeding tickets to guys who drive 56 in a 55 zone.