A huge brawl broke out during an AAU basketball game over the weekend when a referee seemed to punch a coach during a heated in-game exchange and was attacked by several spectators, including a player with the video of the fight in which the ref was jumped on viral
A coach, a player, and spectators who rushed the court to join the brawl attacked the referee at an AAU basketball tournament in Kansas City on Saturday, sending fists flying. Eyewitnesses said that the offensive behavior occurred at the Staley High School gym during the Hardwood Classic X RecruitLook Summer Finale.
AAU Ref Gets Jumped And Beat Up In Kansas City, Video Of Referee Caleb Mcconnell Being Attacked During Fight Goes Viral
Yea these AAU refs fed up they bussin a nigga ass 😂 pic.twitter.com/mzs1PiWa64
— Grant (@PoPimpRBG) July 16, 2022
AAU ref gets jumped after heated altercation. pic.twitter.com/hT0UJYblST
— BLACK ADAM SCHEFTER (@B1ackSchefter) July 18, 2022
AAU Match Referee attacked by Team Coach as brawl erupted in Kansas City Tournament
How the Brawl between Referee and Team Coach Unfolded?
A right hook from the referee was thrown at the coach after some back-and-forth yelling between the two parties. The official continued to backpedal as a crowd of people began chasing after him after the punch, which apparently caused a melee even though it’s unclear where it landed. After that, the altercation turned into a full-fledged riot, with a few individuals attacking the referee while his colleagues tried to disperse the melee.
Several others pull the coach off the referee as the brawl comes to a close; the referee looks to have been led to safety. Police were summoned to the gym at 9:45 AM on Saturday, according to TMZ.
Match Referee Caleb Mcconnell describes what happened in the Court
When the head coach of one team became irate at a call or a missed call and shoved the referee, it appeared that things heated up. The ref discovered that the coach who wanted to fight was punching his arm despite his attempts to keep the coach at arm’s length from him. The referee seemed to have thrown the initial punch when the two got into a fight. Following that, that referee experienced total chaos. Later, the referee in the video, Caleb Mcconnell, gave an account of what transpired.
I had just called a tech right before the camera came to me. Thats why he was pushing up on me like that. F–k another tech at that point. He had to catch one”
As many fans are aware, occurrences like this don’t happen very often on an AAU circuit that frequently makes news for fights that take place on the court. A particularly horrific incident involving players attacking a referee at a church gym occurred in Georgia in April. The ruthless players who sent the referee to the hospital caused major injuries to him.
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