PIAA Head: Pass 'Respect the Whistle Act' to Protect Officials

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Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association executive director Robert Lombardi told the Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee on Monday that he hopes the legislature will pass a bill aimed at preventing harassment of referees at games.

As reported by John Cole for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, the state Senate in late October passed Senate Bill 842, sponsored by state senator Jimmy Dillon (D-Philadelphia) and known as the “Respect the Whistle Act.” State representative Anita Kulik (D-Allegheny) has a companion bill in the House. The bill would expand current protections to make harassment of sporting officials a third-degree misdemeanor.

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