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It was a parent |
2017-09-28 |
Duchesne |
Lauren W Deane |
I had to eject two -- technically, one was an ejection and the other left of his own accord after speaking with me -- people from the North Summit v. Duchesne varsity game last night.
The first one was a parent who was yelling curse words, insults and numerous inappropriate comments to the line judges and North Summit team.
I called an official timeout and asked the coach who the site administrator was. After they pointed their principal out, I pulled him away from the stands and asked him to please keep an eye out on the crowd for who was being inappropriate. He asked who it was, I pointed at a gentleman in the back row and said that is who I thought it was (I tried to tell him with my words, but I am just getting over being sick and he couldn't hear me, so I had to physically identify who I thought it was).
The gentleman said that it wasn't him. Following the identification of who I wanted him to keep an eye out for, the adult women at the table (North Summit's book and scorekeeper) pointed out a different gentleman. This other gentleman immediately started yelling at me and, at this point, I had had enough and asked North Summit's administrator to escort him out.
At this point, Duchesne's principal -- who was not a part of my conversation with the North Summit administrator -- came down to ask if I was positive I was kicking out the right man. I told him yes, and asked him to please sit down. He continued to argue with me, and I told him that he is impeding the game and I will have to kick him out as well if he continues what he is doing. He continued to argue with me for about three more minutes and after I told him that he could force a forfeit for his actions, he asked my name -- which I gave to him -- and he left (so I guess it wasn't exactly an ejection, but he left of his own freewill).
The administrator for North Summit asked if I was sure if I wanted to kick Duchesne's principal out -- saying that he is the head of the board, etc. -- and I said yes.
The game continued as it should have from the beginning after the two gentlemen were escorted out.
I would like to add that one of the Duchesne mothers approached me after the game and told me that I did the right thing. She added that a number of the Duchesne parents are continually embarrassed by the behavior of the gentleman who I ejected.
I hope that this dialogue brings to light what happened at the North Summit v. Duchesne match. I always try to represent myself, the association and my other officials in the best way possible.
However, I do believe that bullying a young line judge, who was doing an incredible job by the way, is never appropriate. If someone was bullying this parent's child, I would have followed the same procedure.
Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help explain the situation. Also, if you have feedback on how I could have handled the situation differently, I am definitely open to hearing and listening to it.
As I said, I would never want to shed a negative light on the association or anyone involved with it, so please let me know if there is anything else I can assist with.
Thank you for your time, and for allowing me to do a job that I love. |
