Are 'Bad Adults' to blame for referee shortages?

[Bert]

Good points.

 

Any solutions that you can think of?

 

Unfortunately it would take at least one off duty LEO around to enforce officials throwing parents out who refuse to leave with the threat of a trespassing arrest. That would jack up the cost of youth sports but what else is there?

[TheDeuce]

Example 1A:

 

Bizarre flyover called for Briarcliff baseball coaches to be fired

 

Parents paid for a banner to be made calling for the firing of two coaches that flew over during a PLAYOFF game.

[Hellcats]

Example 1A:

 

Bizarre flyover called for Briarcliff baseball coaches to be fired

 

Parents paid for a banner to be made calling for the firing of two coaches that flew over during a PLAYOFF game.

 

Good gravy

[PurplePride92]

Example 1A:

 

Bizarre flyover called for Briarcliff baseball coaches to be fired

 

Parents paid for a banner to be made calling for the firing of two coaches that flew over during a PLAYOFF game.

 

If I owned that airline company I would have told her to take her money elsewhere. This is insane.

[TheDeuce]

If I owned that airline company I would have told her to take her money elsewhere. This is insane.

 

Their kids wouldn't be on my team the following season.

[PurplePride92]

Their kids wouldn't be on my team the following season.

 

They likely won’t be anyways. :lol2: :lol2:

[theguru]

Unfortunately it would take at least one off duty LEO around to enforce officials throwing parents out who refuse to leave with the threat of a trespassing arrest. That would jack up the cost of youth sports but what else is there?

 

I don't think you even need law enforcement in most cases.

 

The powers that be in each league need to come together, state clearly to everyone "we're not gonna take it," and make the Ref/Ump the ultimate Judge.

 

If anyone fails to leave their team forfeits and that parent is never allowed back.

[plantmanky]

I don't think you even need law enforcement in most cases.

 

The powers that be in each league need to come together, state clearly to everyone "we're not gonna take it," and make the Ref/Ump the ultimate Judge.

 

If anyone fails to leave their team forfeits and that parent is never allowed back.

 

It takes LEO from a liability standpoint.

[theguru]

It takes LEO from a liability standpoint.

 

No it doesn't.

 

You ask someone to leave, they refuse, you forfeit the game.

[plantmanky]

No it doesn't.

 

You ask someone to leave, they refuse, you forfeit the game.

 

Thats fine for participants, doesnt quite work for spectators.

[UKMustangFan]

No it doesn't.

 

You ask someone to leave, they refuse, you forfeit the game.

 

I like this.

 

A parent is out of control, you toss them. They refuse to leave, you let the coach and the other parents know they have 5 minutes to get them to go, or you're leaving, and as a result they're forfeiting.

[theguru]

Thats fine for participants, doesnt quite work for spectators.

 

Too bad, after it happens a couple of times everyone will fall in line.

[woodsrider]

Thats fine for participants, doesnt quite work for spectators.

Absolutely does. If your kid plays for team A and he get ejected and won't leave team A gets ejected.

[silo11]

I think it is a great idea. I am all for this.

 

I am disgusted at listening to parents at games. Parents wishing players on the other team will get hurt, or worse encouraging their team to hurt other players. Yelling obscenities at referees for tough to make calls, or even correct calls. I even heard a parent yell "I hope you and your family die in a car accident on your way home."

 

I umpired baseball and ref'd basketball for a number of years back in the early 2000s. It was getting bad then, but it is 10x worse now.

[plantmanky]

Absolutely does. If your kid plays for team A and he get ejected and won't leave team A gets ejected.

 

In theory that is great, but in practice I dont see that working.

 

Team gets kicked out because of spector, rest of teams spectors begin to riot (because thats what happens, as much as we say it doesnt/wont). You have 1 to 2 LEO, a site director/AD trying to handle that, it doesnt work, bad situation.