District 1st round mess

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by NSABlue

Here we go again. We, as umpires have absolutely no authority to eject fans from the game. We can ask that the administrators at the game to remove unruly fans but we have no authority to eject anyone not involved in the game!

By the book, true. But we do have the authority to suspend the game until the disruption is dealt with.

Also, I have umpired in leagues (and the occasional tournament) where the umpire was given specific authority to "eject" bad behaving fans. I've never actually USED that authority, but it was there in writing.

Having said that, there should have been ample admin people present at a district playoff game.