Would you rule USC on B??

[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.

[bigjohn]

PENALTY: Unsportsmanlike conduct (Arts. 1, 2) – (S27) – (S7-27) – if dead
ball, 15 yards. Also disqualification if flagrant – (S47). In Article 1a, the player
must remove the offending item before he is allowed to participate. The
second unsportsmanlike foul results in disqualification. (See 9-8 PENALTY)


a and b deal with clapping of hands and stomping of feet, not verbage!
B1 (a) claps his hands, (b) stomps his foot,

[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.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by 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.

Well ... why wouldn't they? If the speed limit is 55, driving 56 is ILLEGAL. What do you think the word LIMIT means. Shees!