Should coaches and players be allowed to complain about the officiating without being fined?

This is a good question and can lead to quite a debate. I think a player or coach should be able to argue without getting fined as long as there is no bodily contact with the official. In most team sports, I am noticing the referees quicker to eject a player or coach than in years past.

I am not sure this is stemming from the league or the head of the officials assocation with their respective sports. Perhaps there should be a limit as ot the amount of time an arguement can go before an ejection and complete, well defined rules as to when a player or coach will get a fine. Once those guidelines are set, everyone knows how far they can go with an arguement.

Maybe some of those guidelines should be what TYPE of call a player can argue. In baseball, players and coaches are not allowed to argue balls and strikes. Having said that, you see those calls argued many times without an ejection.

This whole arguement is such a tough call, so subjective. Maybe it's just best to go back to my initial statement that no fines should be given unless there is bodily contact. Makes things simple and clear cut.

This question is universal, same question can be asked with different sports on how they conduct officiating. This is a bitter pill to swallow especially if your favorite team is the one that was affected with a flawed call.. There are ways to minimize or control the damage of poor officiating, which is the so-called make up call. The referee'' with poor call(s) will surely be summoned and will surely get a tongue-lashing from his superiors and might even lose his job.

Sometimes luck will favor the team in a game and even decide the game. Whether we like it or not the referees (even the best), which are human too is prone to make mistakes. By the way the stars of most leagues in various sports always get the favor when it comes to officiating hehehe, and you can call this as poor officiating too.

Bad calls are part of the game. At the end of the day its always the “referee’s decision,� And besides the players decides the game, and they should live with it and just focus on the game and find ways to recover and win.

Heart and fighting spirit will surely level the playing field.

This has long been an issue in professional sports and it seems to be getting worse. Whether it is because sports are getting more attention thanks to ESPN and other 24 hour sports broadcast networks showing every little mistake and miscall that is made. While I don’t like umps and referees getting giant egos, there is something to be said for not allowing those refs to be publicly chastised.

The reason why, at least in the post game press conference; coaches and players shouldn’t be allowed to complain without punishment is that if they are allowed to do that, pretty soon the referees don’t have anyone backing them up. If the referees don’t think that their own league is going to have their back when a controversial call comes down, they might start changing the way they call a game. If a certain coach is known for constantly griping at the referees, those refs might (even if it is unconscious) start making different calls for that team.

Either for or against the team, it is still going to change the complexion of the game in a very real way that will be a negative in the long run.

As a coach myself, I find it interesting that anyone would not understand that a professional sport cannot afford to have it's officiating criticized. Too much of that and there could be references made to game fixing. The officials in pro sports get rated and reviewed by the league office and they are expected to improve a risk being replaced.

The problem that really exists is that in too many cases, even when an official makes a bad call, there is no apology made and they are supported by those above them. Players and coaches would be less likely to lambaste a ref or umpire if the officials were more tolerant. Now, that is not to say that all officials have hair triggers and go off on players, but it happens.

Also, you need to understand that players and coaches each have a different way of manipulating an official and use it to their benefit. So in answer to the question, yes some players should be fined, but not all. When an official is proven to have missed a call that is blatant, then no fines should be levied unless it is at the official himself.

Last year in the American League one game playoff Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, a blown call by one of the umpires figured in the Tigers’ loss. Then the Twins suffered the same event when playing against their opponent in the Divisional playoffs.

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