chuckb
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is this seriously what you want? More officials with axes to grind?
It wasn't smart for Mason to make that comment but a good official lets it go.
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is this seriously what you want? More officials with axes to grind?
It wasn't smart for Mason to make that comment but a good official lets it go.
One of my favorite memories of college athletics was the 1954 TCU/Oklahoma game (football) won by OU 21-16. But, as time was running down, the TCU tight end caught a pass in the end zone. The officials signaled TD, and the 47 game winning streak was halted after only about ten games.
But, as the TCU tight end handed the ball to the official, he said that he had not caught it, but had trapped it. They reversed the call---but only because of the honesty of one young man. Whenever I get upset about a call or something to do with TCU, I remember that call, sixty-one years ago.
I know that it is against everything that we are now taught in sports. But, when a player knowingly commits a foul while knowing the official won't call it, that should be brought to the attention of the league office. The rulings should be:
--forfeit of that game
--forfeit of any opportunity to play for a conference title this year
--suspension of the player for at least five games
--suspension of any coach who taught him to do that for at least one year.
It won't happen. It won't because we don't insist on it. Ironically, the NCAA was established to get control of a corrupt game. Now, money is the source of the corruption, and the conferences and NCAA extend their hands as far as anyone.
But, as the TCU tight end handed the ball to the official, he said that he had not caught it, but had trapped it. They reversed the call---but only because of the honesty of one young man. Whenever I get upset about a call or something to do with TCU, I remember that call, sixty-one years ago.
I know that it is against everything that we are now taught in sports. But, when a player knowingly commits a foul while knowing the official won't call it, that should be brought to the attention of the league office. The rulings should be:
--forfeit of that game
--forfeit of any opportunity to play for a conference title this year
--suspension of the player for at least five games
--suspension of any coach who taught him to do that for at least one year.
It won't happen. It won't because we don't insist on it. Ironically, the NCAA was established to get control of a corrupt game. Now, money is the source of the corruption, and the conferences and NCAA extend their hands as far as anyone.
SoonerBounce13
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dang i knew you were old but...
