What do you do as an official when a player completely CROSSES THE LINE in their on-court behavior? Suppose a player in an irate fit or rage calls the opponent a "faggot"? Suppose a player makes screams something that has to do with race?
These are all issues that pertain to every official in nearly every tournament today. The question for today is:
What would you do if a player screamed "faggot" or "N____" in a fit of rage?
1. Immediately default the player.
2. Assess a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.
3. Warn them about being nice and then enroll them in a sensitivity class.
4. Call their parents to the court and ask them what to do.
If you have never encountered this issue before--you will at some point! Be prepared.
7 comments:
USTA event: immediate default and immediately document it with names of any witnesses. Submit to sectional office.
ITA event: call the refeee to the court and recommend a default and immediately document it with names of any witnesses. Submit to ITA and school's AD.
Stop play, call the referee to the court to let him know what happened and that an immediate default is the recommended penalty, since only the referee can default a player.
If it was in a USTA event, I would immediately default the player. In an ITA match, as a chair umpire, I would suspend play and call the referee to court, since the Referee is the only official who can issue a default in collegiate tennis.
Looking at Friend at Court, it only states the player "MAY" be defaulted. In my opinion, it leaves too much room for interpretation. It should either state "SHALL" or be silent.
suspend play, call referee to court and recommend default per USTA rules
Hopefully catch it (temper) before it peaks - but, if you don't....
NO QUESTION....
Default.
BACO
Are you referring to one of the infamous three amigos, who was the chair umpire at the time the alleged incident transpired? Maybe, like Lois Goodman, he can take a lie detector test or undergo DNA swabbing to confirm his guilt and/or...
No, no default,
get off your high horse and mediate, not execute you false precious friends at court.
You cannot change prejudices, but you can issue a code and penalize within sportsmanship guidelines;
Execution because of verbal expressions is a slippery slope.
Kills the golden goose.
Unwring your hands and unwad your panties, let
the players play,
with expected respect.
without official micromanagement.
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