Agreed! Absolutely ridiculous! It was an extremely physical game and the refs tried to control it, but that "one" fan should have been an embarrassment to Holmes. Slamming her chair and screaming BS over and over again. Unacceptable.

 

Her chair?

 

Her chair?

 

She had one of those stadium chairs that she brought with her.

The verbal abuse given to students, coaches, and players seems to be excessive and out of control in most gyms these days. Don't know the solution but it certainly needs to be addressed.

Her chair?

 

Bobby Knight's cousin?

Papa J said:

Yesterday 10:22 PM

 

The verbal abuse given to students, coaches, and players seems to be excessive and out of control in most gyms these days. Don't know the solution but it certainly needs to be addressed.

 

The coach should set the rules from the beginning of the year. If a parent verbally abuses the coaches, then your kid is off the team. Period, regardless of how good they are. If the parents are acting like idiots at the game towards officials or kids then school administrators should ban them from attending. The administrators have to have the coaches back. If I had a choice to watch my son/daughter play a sport or act like an idiot at the games and jeopardize her career or seeing her play, I think I would shut up, sit down and enjoy the game.

I say no abuse of coaches and students. You've got to know when to stop with the refs. I made a ref laugh earlier in the year. I knew we were good with each other after that. Anything personal is always out. As mentioned in previous posts, if you become the show, you've gone way too far. You don't want the refs to turn on the team because of an obnoxious fan. Refs miss calls, make wrong calls. They're human.

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correct spelling

Ive seen this year where 2 girls have told a teammates dad to shut up during the game because the 2 girls could do nothing right in his eyes and they were playing more than his daughter. What low life does this? AD should run this clown out of the gym.

Agreed 100%:thumb:

 

Just thought the other part of that sentence was a little strong...jmo

 

And at the much larger schools I dont think this is a true statement at all when it comes to Frosh playing Frosh level.

Very true. If a school has a very talented but young varsity team (sophomore and Junior heavy) then the next year those same players are still playing and there are only so many spots so who is to say a freshman player who is playing freshman isn't just there due to lack of spots?

 

The coach should set the rules from the beginning of the year. If a parent verbally abuses the coaches, then your kid is off the team.

 

Terrible rule. You can't punish a kid. What if the kid's dad is a drunk?

There are some parent/fans (our own included) who bring no objectivity to their outloud abuse of officials. If the call goes against their son/daughter or team, then it is a bad call. Strictly black and white.

 

Our in-house policy is that you can verbally criticize an official so long as it is not profane, and you remain in your seat while doing so. Most officials are OK with that. However, if you leave your seat by standing up or taking a step down from your seat address an official you will be warned and then ejected, or outright ejected.

 

Unfortunately, most fans think that the right to abuse officials comes with their price of admission, and feel that it is great sport to abuse officials. It amuses me that the quality of play of their team, or lack thereof in most cases, is condoned by fans who abuse officials who are commissioned to officiate bad play.

What is the going rate for officiating a HS game anyway

 

Go to page 21 for compensation for officiating in all sports.

 

http://khsaa.org/officials/20122013/officialsguidebook.pdf

Go to page 21 for compensation for officiating in all sports.

 

http://khsaa.org/officials/20122013/officialsguidebook.pdf

 

Those are minimum numbers. A few associations pay more than the rate listed on here.

Clyde, I'm saying its the school administrators job to control the parents if they act like idiots in the crowd. If the parents confront a coach during or after a game and get personal and attack the coaches character and the administration allows it to happen then coach has to do something. Can't let the inmates run the asylum. I've seen coaches cut kids at tryouts because their parents are idiots and will flat out kill team chemistry.

Agree 100% Mustang. Very well said. Makes the school, kids and the program look bad when it happens. If all administrations took that approach it would make the refs, the coaches and the kids jobs so much easier and the rest of the fans could enjoy the game

As far as parents and coaches are concerned, the 24 hour rule is a great rule. Maybe parents need to sign a paper stating they will follow it, but it has been great in our school. It gives the coaches and parents time to settle down and think before letting loose. I was waiting to talk to a coach a few years ago about bus arrangements the next night and another parent stepped in front of me and gave her what for. I was at a loss. When they were finished, the coach was in tears and all I could do was apologize and then ask my question. It doesn't keep parents from yelling at coaches from the stands though.