In a 3 or 4 referee system, if you're pleading your case to a guy that doesn't have orange bands on, it's wasting your time. You'd likely be wasting your time anyway because once a ref has made up his mind you're not going to persuade him with your Jedi mind tricks.
Here's the rule so we're clear on this. Again, this is me attempting to give you the answers to the quiz so that you can stay in the game and not serve an unnecessary penalty. Yes, there are some penalties that arguably are necessary.
Rule 601 Abuse of Officials and Other Misconduct
(Note) For the enforcement of this rule, the following
guidelines shall apply.
A bench minor penalty shall be assessed for actions that
occur on or in the immediate vicinity of the player’s bench
(off the ice) or when the player in question is not readily
identifiable. Any unsportsmanlike conduct by a Team
Official would also warrant a bench minor penalty.
A minor penalty or misconduct penalty should be
assessed for actions that occur on the playing surface or in
the penalty bench area.
(a) A minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct shall be
assessed to any player who commits the following actions:
(1) Disputes the rulings of any official.
(2) Taunts or incites an opponent.
(3) Creates a disturbance during the game.
(4) Shoots the puck after the whistle, if in the opinion of
the Official such shot was avoidable.
A misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player who
persists in such conduct and any further dispute by the same
player shall result in a game misconduct penalty being
assessed.
(Note) If occurring after the game, the above actions shall be
initially penalized as a misconduct penalty.
So, basically, simply not doing what you're asked to do by the official can earn you a penalty. No where in here does it say you have to use profanity. Simply creating a disturbance in the game. This paints with a broad brush.
If you're standing at the referee crease, trying to explain the rules to us "officials" (which we actually read the book and that's where I copied and pasted the above rule from) and we ask you to go to your bench while we discuss penalty assessment, do it. If you don't, and you persist in standing there, demanding that you're the captain and that you have the right to be here and you have to know what's going on right then when we haven't ourselves discussed the penalty assessment yet. You're probably going to join your team mate in the box.
Just throwing it out there. I want to save you the time and heart ache. I also have no desire and take no pleasure in tossing you from the game and then ruining the rest of my evening typing up a report about your game misconduct. I'd rather take the time to write a blog post about it that is playful and mildly amusing. I don't want to have to do both.
I bet soccer refs wish they had a penalty box to stick guys in.
Here's the link to the rest of this blog post. If you care. http://worstrefeverstuff.blogspot.com/2011/11/number-19-white-unsportsmanlike.html
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