so I was just wondering, at what point do you send a parent away from a youth game (mini soccer)?
In a game I've had before (U10) a manager was complaining about a foul on one of his players. He used the phrase "he's having a nibble". Since then, parents on the other side of the pitch was shouting over at the manager mimicking the manager and then shouting other stuff over, one parent worse than the rest. For me, the referee, it was something that was distracting me and I also thought to myself, it wasn't an attitude to perform in front of their children and it wasn't an atmosphere for children to play football in. I went over to the parents who were shouting over at the manager to ask them to stop. The parent who was worse than the rest carried on so I stopped the game again to tell him to stop otherwise I would send him away, should I have sent him away?
In a game I've had before (U10) a manager was complaining about a foul on one of his players. He used the phrase "he's having a nibble". Since then, parents on the other side of the pitch was shouting over at the manager mimicking the manager and then shouting other stuff over, one parent worse than the rest. For me, the referee, it was something that was distracting me and I also thought to myself, it wasn't an attitude to perform in front of their children and it wasn't an atmosphere for children to play football in. I went over to the parents who were shouting over at the manager to ask them to stop. The parent who was worse than the rest carried on so I stopped the game again to tell him to stop otherwise I would send him away, should I have sent him away?
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