re: Referee Harassment Bill

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The bill doesn't say that one must threaten an official to be in violation. It says the official, "feels threatened".

So it is solely a subjective decision of the official.

Again, dangerous precedent.

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Doesn't it say "fear of receiving bodily harm".

Again, this is very similar to current assault laws and will be enforced the same way. It just creates officials as a protected class (which per my post above you actually want even if you don't know it yet)

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so if a fan or coach tells the ump that he's garbage..the ump can throw that person out of the park, call the cops and say he felt threatened

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No, that's not what this bill is for. This isn't for ridicule, this is for threats. Parents yell at us all the time. Multiple times every week. Want to know a secret? We don't hear you from the field. Often it's too loud and we've also trained ourselves to tune you out. This is for the a-hole that approaches us in the parking lot in a threatening manner. Ask us questions respectfully, we'll gladly explain to you that it definitely WAS intentional grounding because the notion of "being outside the tackle box" doesn't exist in high school football.