Game Control Question

[Diikiey]

The game was a championship game, between two very, very competitive rivals. They had played already during the regular season, and Team A beat Team B by a score of 13-7

It was the only loss of the year for Team B (7-1), Team A entered the game at 8-0

The incident occurred post game, literally as the last championship medal was handed to the last player from Team A (which won the rematch 38-9), the administrator was confronted by an irate parent of Team B, literally at the 50 yard line.

The parent berated the administrator that there were a few personal foul calls against Team A in the second half, which from her perspective in the stands, should have warranted ejections. (The plays I witnessed could very easily have gone both ways, and were likely retaliations, since at that point the score was already 31-2). SHE went on to say that the administrator should have come down from the press box and corrected the officials who had determined the offenses were penalties, but did not warrant ejections. The administrator repeated numerous times to the parent that the officials have control of the game and that they were very experienced in what they do, and that even if the administrator saw offenses that he felt incorrectly handled, he was not able to approach the officials during the course of the game to address them. After a few minutes of constant onslaught from the parent, the administrator simply walked away.

The next day the parent sent emails to the administrators, stating the winning team should forfeit the game for playing with illegal players (players she deemed illegal herself, because she said since they should have been ejected, and weren't, that they were actually ejected players still participating, thus illegal)

The crew for the championship games in our league consist of the most veteran and well respected officials in our pool, and they handled the game correctly, and I think, as I got to witness it all, that it was a case of sour grapes from a parent with a lot of interest in seeing her kid succeed.

[HLin NC]

So this is all about a ticked off, obviously loony parent?? What was a parent doing on the field after the game? If I'm the administrator, I tell the parent we may speak later at an appropriate time and then our school SRO is going to escort them off of the field.

Much ado about nothing.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Diikiey

The game was a championship game, between two very, very competitive rivals. They had played already during the regular season, and Team A beat Team B by a score of 13-7

It was the only loss of the year for Team B (7-1), Team A entered the game at 8-0

The incident occurred post game, literally as the last championship medal was handed to the last player from Team A (which won the rematch 38-9), the administrator was confronted by an irate parent of Team B, literally at the 50 yard line.

The parent berated the administrator that there were a few personal foul calls against Team A in the second half, which from her perspective in the stands, should have warranted ejections. (The plays I witnessed could very easily have gone both ways, and were likely retaliations, since at that point the score was already 31-2). SHE went on to say that the administrator should have come down from the press box and corrected the officials who had determined the offenses were penalties, but did not warrant ejections. The administrator repeated numerous times to the parent that the officials have control of the game and that they were very experienced in what they do, and that even if the administrator saw offenses that he felt incorrectly handled, he was not able to approach the officials during the course of the game to address them. After a few minutes of constant onslaught from the parent, the administrator simply walked away.

The next day the parent sent emails to the administrators, stating the winning team should forfeit the game for playing with illegal players (players she deemed illegal herself, because she said since they should have been ejected, and weren't, that they were actually ejected players still participating, thus illegal)

The crew for the championship games in our league consist of the most veteran and well respected officials in our pool, and they handled the game correctly, and I think, as I got to witness it all, that it was a case of sour grapes from a parent with a lot of interest in seeing her kid succeed.

LMFAO. It takes all kinds in this world.

Give me her phone number, I'd love to talk to her.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Diikiey

I think, as I got to witness it all, that it was a case of sour grapes from a parent with a lot of interest in seeing her kid succeed.

Imagine that.

[ajmc]

I don't think the problem today, is that there are more loony or whacky people. The problem seems to be that there are a lot more people who, for whatever reason, pay attention to the loony and whacky people.

[Reffing Rev.]

Since we are still in the middle of the HS post-season...I'm guessing you are referring to a previous year...or worse you are talking about one of the junior, little kid leagues...parents shouldn't be allowed to attend those games.

As was stated before, if the administrator has some issue of safety to bring to my attention I want to hear from him...I.E. storm warning, (happened once this year) or the ambulance had to leave for an emergency call, and school district policies required an ambulance present for the contest to continue. (also happened this year) so we had to wait about 25 minutes for the ambulance from the next town to arrive.

Also happened once this year about halfway through the 2nd quarter the administrator got our attention to tell us two of the visiting teams players should have been ineligible due to having been ejected the previous week, He wanted us to remove them from the game. Since I have no jurisdiction to rule on the eligibility of players in this situation, my response was if that were the case, the state association would gladly hear their protest, after the game.

It turned out they had received 2 PFs in the previous game and not 2 USCs, and their coach benched them, but they were not ejected.