Cops Investigating Ref Brawl During Colorado Youth Basketball Game

Things bought so intense between referees at a youth basketball sport in Colorado that they ended up throwing punches in entrance of a bunch of youngsters … and now police inform TMZ Sports they’re investigating the melee.

The ugly scene, which was captured on video, went down throughout a 4th-grade boys hoops sport — Cherry Creek vs. Legend Blue — over the weekend on the Gold Crown Field House in Lakewood, CO.

The clip clearly exhibits two referees sq. up on the courtroom after some kind of disagreement … when one of many refs throws an enormous proper hook, knockin’ down the opposite official.

The ref tried to throw extra punches, however was held again by bystanders.

The ref who was dropped finally bought up … however he wasn’t carried out combating. The man then bought right into a stand-off with one other official … however fortunately no punches had been thrown this time.

We talked to Lakewood Police … who instructed us they’re conscious of the state of affairs, however have not but made any arrests as a result of “the involved parties had already left the gym” by the point they arrived on scene.

Thankfully, nobody was injured through the struggle, in accordance with the Gold Crown Foundation … which additionally tells us all of the referees have been suspended indefinitely.

“We have informed these independently contracted officials that they are suspended indefinitely from working for Gold Crown Foundation,” GCF instructed us in a press release.

“Most importantly we apologize to everyone that had to witness their unacceptable behavior – especially the kids.”