<p>What is strange is the severity of the punishment. Even foul language usually only gets you booted from the game and maybe a suspension from play for a couple of games. But off the team? Hmmm. I dont know what happened. If you touched the referee and he accused you of assault that is different. Colleges will react strongly to allegations of assault. </p>
<p>Other than that, I don’t think its that big a deal so long as it didnt include any moral turpitude, criminal conduct, suspension from school, integrity issues like cheating and if it wont be on your transcript. If your school says nothing in their final grade report/transcript to Stanford, then let it go and move along. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>Referees have the power to stop a game, call the police and have players, coaches and fans evicted from a game, and to make reports to league offices about incidents. They are the “police” at the game for conduct relating to the game. Refs have stopped games and evicted loud fans, and even called a game forfeited for the same thing. The home team is responsible for fans. </p>
<p>Welcome to the adult world.</p>