Something transpired during the Richmond game with a courtside-seated fan.  One of the officials brought a security guard over during a time-out and specifically pointed out this fan.  The security guard had a conversation with the fan and that appeared to be the end of it.

I'm not sure if this was the incident that prompted the letter.

Is this why ushers were randomly checking tickets in Section 102 tonight? I do the Raise High plan so I get moved around. I noticed that a pair of ushers were going up and down the ailes and asking fans to show their tickets as the second half started.

I didn't do anything to justify having an usher have me prove I was sitting in my correct seat, so I told him I lost my ticket. Then one of the staffers came by and lectured me about showing my ticket when asked.

Sorry, once in my seat, I will never show my ticket to an usher on demand unless another fan is claiming that I am sitting in his or her seat. Tonight is the first time in my 40 years on earth and my 12 years as a GW season ticket holder where I was randomly requested to show my ticket stub once in my seat.

The staffer mentioned something about how "GMU fans were supposed to be in a certain part of the section." Sorry, if you have a problem with visiting fans, start with them. It's simply insulting to ask fans to show their papers on demand at random. I will never do that.

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Looks like TV may not have been born yet during the 1-27 1980s. Smith Center used to be the among the most raucous A-10 venues, but we've gone from House of Horrors to Wine and Cheese.
I think in addition to the mostly ridiculous new nicknames that will be foisted on us by a PC-mad Athletic Department, we should change our colors from "Buff and Blue" to "Peuse and Salmon" (with Buff perhaps having negative connotations for certain sexual orientations that we will protect at the expense of just about everything.)
(also, re: PC ... anyone on the board who knows me knows I'm as left as they come. don't @ me.)

At last nights game - at half- one of the refs (the short one) was talking to security pointing at the blue seats middle section as he walked off the court.

Weird - because it was pretty quiet in the arena last night and I did not hear anything derogatory or threatening.  A few “you missed that call” but nothing that even came close to crossing the line.

They should've just sent that letter directly to me haha. I haven't heard anything bad from the season ticket side of the arena but I have certainly been telling the refs about their performances recently.
As a side note, if someone came to my job and yelled at me for doing badly, I would simply do better. I don't see why we have to be nice to refs when they mess up

GWRising wrote:

Joel Joseph wrote:

This is what happens when you have 800 fans in an arena built for 5000 - you can hear somebody sneeze!

Start winning and that problem goes away.

Also if we start winning we will get better refs. Most nights we get the bottom of the barrel. The ref who was complaining that prompted the email from TV was Les Jones. He should have retired years ago! Used to do ACC games now hardly gets many if any of those assignments. 

Was that the ref who could barely get up and down the court?  That guy should not be reffing D1 basketball anymore.

Les Jones --

No. 5 on worst refs

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1zygiw/your_list_of_worst_college_basketball_referees/

I am watching the Mason-LaSalle game and Les Jones is refereeing. He has just missed two key calls in the last 2 minutes, one of which was overturned. Not surprising given his lack of mobility.