Ejected fan

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

My position (and I also taught it to new basketball officials in my basketball officiating class) is that an official should ignore fans unless one of the following happens: (1) A fan threatens a participant (game official, player, coach, or bench personnel) with violence; or (2) A fan enters the playing court/field; and either (1) or (2) happens, the game official should stop the game if necessary and notify game management of the situation and let game management. Otherwise, ignore fans no matter how stupid their behavior becomes. That said, a fan throwing an umbrella against the backstop fence in protest of an umpires decision falls under situation (1) above.

MTD, Sr.

What about spectators (I refuse to call them "fans"), inciting the players to problems on the field or disrupting the players' attention?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

What about spectators (I refuse to call them "fans"), inciting the players to problems on the field or disrupting the players' attention?

If it's a safety issue or out of bounds (according to your standard), have the coach address it. It's NEVER a good idea to eject a fan directly. Let coach (or possibly TD / game admin) deal with it.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

If it's a safety issue or out of bounds (according to your standard), have the coach address it. It's NEVER a good idea to eject a fan directly. Let coach (or possibly TD / game admin) deal with it.

I think maybe Cecil was suggesting that as a 3rd situation where the umpire would stop the game and notify site management (adding to MTD Sr.'s 2 situations).

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Dakota

I think maybe Cecil was suggesting that as a 3rd situation where the umpire would stop the game and notify site management (adding to MTD Sr.'s 2 situations).

Correct!
Sorry if I confused you Mike by my often cryptic posts. As mioost knoe I can't ype wll, so I avoid ut.

And of course, always via the site management. A lesson learned long ago.