Two Officials Arrested During HS Football Game

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Is there rule support for the officials' actions?

[BktBallRef]

The officiating crew came ask game management to remove anyone who is interfering with the proper administration of the game. However, ejecting a police officer is a little over the top.

This story seems a little far fetched to me. Why would the first official be arrested for simply asking the officer to move the crowd back? I think there's more to this.

[HLin NC]

On paper, yes.

In reality, no.

I would hope that an official would have more sense than to enter into a heated argument with a law enforcement officer. In the end, just like any other citizen, we are going to lose in the end. We need them way more than they ever need us.

Really odd.

[jchamp]

As with any situation where there is a dispute between me and someone else also hired by my boss/manager/person-paying-me, and I couldn't resolve it amicably with the other party, I would bring the matter to the attention of my boss/manager/person-paying-me.

That person is ultimately the person in charge of the event and gets to make the decision of what to do.
Hopefully, he'll instruct the cop to keep the fans to the restraining line, since that's the boundary adopted by the league for where the field (and my authority) begins and ends. If management wants fans standing on the chalk of the sideline, fine. I'll pack my crew up and report the suspended game to the state association.

[Reffing Rev.]

It's been several years ago but I had a uniformed officer making comments about the officiating from his crowd control position near the corner of one end zone. I told the AD that I no longer felt it safe for my crew to officiate if our security was going to berate the officials. About 10 minutes later that officer was repositioned and after the game the chief of police came to the locker room to apologize and ask if we'd like to file a formal complaint. We declined.

Were they arrested and taken away during the game? How did the game continue with only 3 officials? This article needs more information!