Actually, in high school and college, a lot of discretion is out the window

Different rules than professional for sure. However, there are certain rules and certain things said that trigger an automatic ejection in multiple sports.

I do two sports at the NCAA level. Having served in the Army for 10 years, curse words do not offend me but I was taken to task multiple times by my college assigners as well as conferences for allowing a coach/player to continue on in a game after using certain words. And to be honest, they were correct as our jobs as officials involve two priorities (1) Sportsmanship (2) Safety. That behavior, while not offensive to me, does elevate the temperature of the game which affects #1 and sometimes #2 when tempers rise up. I learned to have a much quicker trigger after that and to at least be consistent with those sets of words or arguments.

In response to this post by HolidayInnHokie

Posted: 04/10/2022 at 10:31PM

That ump had a quick thumb and I’m not sure Pete got his money’s worth -- HolidayInnHokie 04/10/2022 9:55PM

Incorrect -- AirborneHokie96 04/10/2022 10:14PM

Asking ump if he can throw somebody out for what he is thinking is ok -- 1980VT 04/11/2022 3:46PM

So, if as you say, the rule is clear and the application to -- hokiepokie 04/10/2022 10:34PM

Because they are biased and want to win -- AirborneHokie96 04/10/2022 10:40PM

Just seems strange that D’Amour see his pitching -- hokiepokie 04/10/2022 11:01PM

The ump might have had rabbit ears -- Hockeydad 04/11/2022 12:28PM

You may be right by the letter, Airborne. But umps always have discretion. -- HolidayInnHokie 04/10/2022 10:20PM

Actually, in high school and college, a lot of discretion is out the window -- AirborneHokie96 04/10/2022 10:31PM

Doug said something about F'in equine excrement ** -- hokieshade 04/10/2022 10:09PM

🐎💩 on a treadmill... ** -- Hokebury 04/11/2022 12:46PM

If THAT is ejectable language, something needs to change. ** -- HolidayInnHokie 04/10/2022 10:16PM

The truth hurts sometimes…….. ** -- RJHokie 04/10/2022 10:12PM

I'm pretty sure when you tell the blue to 'have intercourse' -- HokieNerd 04/10/2022 10:05PM

Agree. But that was only after he was tossed. -- HolidayInnHokie 04/10/2022 10:15PM

Holy wall of text Batman! ** -- HokieNerd 04/10/2022 10:03PM

Actually, in high school and college, a lot of discretion is out the window

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