Three referees BRAWLES in a quarterback basketball game

Speaking of technical fouls, three refs at a Colorado youth basketball game got into a serious brouhaha right in front of competing 4th graders.

“Oh my God,” a man can be heard saying in the video clip that captures the violence; note that the man made no effort to stop the carnage.

A game between Cherry Creek and Legend Blue was in progress according to the clip: Legend Blue was getting a 33-15 lead, when two officials started fighting with a third official. The attacked man is thrown to the ground and as he fights off one of the attackers, others intervene to prevent the third referee from participating in the melee.

Uhhh, real life at my brothers bball tournament… The kids close their eyes pic.twitter.com/sELdSjKosX

— Tyler Polumbus (@Tyler_Polumbus) December 11, 2023

The two zebras on the ground regain their feet, raising their dukes to face each other before other adults in the gym descend on them to break up the nonsense.

All three men were suspended indefinitely from the league, according to the Gold Crown Foundation, which oversees youth sports programs.

The foundation said in a statement: “Through our internal camera system we were able to identify all those involved and our staff removed the three officials from the premises. We have informed these independently employed officials that they are suspended indefinitely of working for the Gold Crown Foundation.”

“Most importantly, we apologize to everyone who had to witness his unacceptable behaviour, especially children. We hold all parts of our programs to very high standards, which in this case were clearly not met. This is an unfortunate reminder that we must all have children's best interests in mind and that our adult behavior plays a critical role in youth sports,” the organization continued. “Let this also serve as a reminder to everyone that Gold Crown has zero tolerance for any adult behavior that puts the experience or safety of children at risk. Again, our sincerest apologies to everyone who had to witness incident this morning. We look forward to getting our league back on track and resuming what will be a great season for the kids.”

And we wonder why today's youth are so rebellious?

Here's a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen in X:

Throw your hand at a game of 4t? pathetic Make better adults. ♂️

— Bear Claw Media (@BearClawMedia) December 11, 2023

What kind of foul makes the refs fight each other???

— John Henry Decker (@deckerjh) December 11, 2023

But you don't see that often! Ref to Ref ♂️

— Big O (@steveoman89) December 11, 2023

lol the big dog wouldn't leave the ball to help break it up.

—Dr. Krusher (@DrKrusher) December 11, 2023

I didn't have fellow umpires attacking umpires on my bingo card.

— J Mondo (@Jmondo1017) December 11, 2023

Bad scene…unfortunate for the kids. The gold crown does a great job…there is no reflection. I'm sure they will handle it properly.

— SmallBaller (@denverrefugee) December 11, 2023

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