Enki_Amenra
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This is going to get worse as more of the national media starts talking about it.
I officiated football from Jr. Pro through high school. My worst experience in all my years was a Saturday morning Jr. Pro game(5 and 6 yr old) in Westmoreland. We only used two officials for these games. There was a man in the stands watching his son, stepson or nephew (can't remember which) that ran his loud mouth for most of the first half. The other ref who was the white hat for this game, stopped action momentarily to warn the guy to either shut up or he would "throw him out" from the facility. The guy continues to verbally shout obscenities at us and the other ref told him to leave the premisis. He shouted to us that we hadn't heard the last of this. Sure enough after the game and as us two were walking to our cars, two seperate Westmoreland police cars pull up in the parking lot and approached us. They asked us for our names and wanted to see our licences and asked us why we had the man leave. It was a bit unnerving. We filed a report with our official association and our supervisor of officials notified the Westmoreland youth football association to find them someone else to ref their games. We never went back.I umpired quite a bit when I was 14/15. My worst ever experience was a t-ball tournament. I had grown adults calling me every cuss word in the book......one of them happened to be my math teacher in high school. I don't know why adults get so crazy at their kids sporting events.