Bands Playing During a Live Ball

[GoodScout]

Suggest you look at how the Georgia High School Association handles it. Was a problem for a while in isolated cases there. Isn't one now.

[110]

We are officials. We should model.

Soccer rules say no jewelry for players OR officials. Ergo, I take my wedding ring off when I work soccer.
Football rules say no throat-slashy - officials should set a better example than this.

[TXMike]

He was not using the throat slash in a way that players use it which is considered uns conduct.  That is a common (down here anwyay) signal to tell some one to stop something.  Interesting that you would find fault in something like this with someone who has officiated at the level this R has IN MULTIPLE SPORTS.

[110]

He was not using the throat slash in a way that players use it which is considered uns conduct.  That is a common (down here anwyay) signal to tell some one to stop something.  Interesting that you would find fault in something like this with someone who has officiated at the level this R has IN MULTIPLE SPORTS.

I think you missed the point. We are models. We shouldn't drop f-bombs, if we're expecting the players to use nothing harsher than what Ned Flanders would utter in church.

I'm not unaware of the meaning of the gesture the r used. But it is a gesture that is forbidden in the game. Ergo, the R should not use it, in my mind.  He could have achieved the same result by waggling his index finger side to side while shaking his head. Far less inappropriate, no?

The fact this chap may be a stellar official in multiple sports is of no bears bearing to the fact he used a gesture that a player would have been penalized for using.

[TXMike]

A player would not be penalized for using it unless he used it in a way that was unsportsmanlike conduct. 

[Hank]

A player would not be penalized for using it unless he used it in a way that was unsportsmanlike conduct.

I'm not sure I agree with that.  You tell me, you've seen the tape, did Mr. Gray from Aledo use the throat slash in a way that was USC?  I think he did, but it was pretty quick.  He also wasn't facing any of the opposing players that I could see.  Should it have been penalized?  Well, I think so, but if you use your measuring stick, maybe not.

I think it's something that we simply tell players Don't do these things: alter stride, draw attention, ... And if they do one of those things, it's a foul.

[clearwall]

I'm not sure I agree with that.  You tell me, you've seen the tape, did Mr. Gray from Aledo use the throat slash in a way that was USC?  I think he did, but it was pretty quick.  He also wasn't facing any of the opposing players that I could see.  Should it have been penalized?  Well, I think so, but if you use your measuring stick, maybe not.

I think it's something that we simply tell players Don't do these things: alter stride, draw attention, ... And if they do one of those things, it's a foul.

Yeah, but he did it to a TV camera, which I would agree falls in the category of "drawing attention to oneself." Also, since the game was televised, there are surely Sville fans watching and that gesture could be insulting to them as fans.

[JasonTX]

I can imagine an injured player who has returned to the game to "test" out his ability to play and then give the throat slash signal to his coach to indicate that he can't play.  I don't think I would flag him for that.