134. Behind Bars for Berating Sports Officials: The New Kansas Bill on Youth Sports

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The Closing Pitch Baseball Podcast

Spiker Helms and David Birkby

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134. Behind Bars for Berating Sports Officials: The New Kansas Bill on Youth Sports

The Closing Pitch Baseball Podcast

26 minutes 45 seconds

2 years ago

134. Behind Bars for Berating Sports Officials: The New Kansas Bill on Youth Sports

Kansas House Bill 2139 would make verbal or physical abuse of an umpire a misdemeanor. If this passes, how will the youth sports community react? Will we start seeing people being taken away in a cop car to be detained? Spiker and Dave dive into the subject.

Umpire conversation on the Tiger Interview Series: https://youtu.be/5vdRvbN6OEk

(00:00:04:24) Introduction (TV bumpers, the Hammer Law, In this episode)

(04:24-07:06) Kansas House Bill 2139

(07:07-11:15) Slippery Slope

(11:16-17:26) The penalties and community sentiment

(17:27-20:17) Umpires, how bad is the abuse?

(20:18-26:46) Where does this go?