Another ref targets

[aTotal360]

I swear these kids just want the attention.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

I'm sure it was justified. The player must have heard a racial slur by the ref. ***

 

[aTotal360]

That seems to be the "get out of jail for free" card.

 

[Strike.sixpack]

It's this very reason why you charge the players with assualt and why everyone who cried that would be too harsh on those first two players were wrong. Lets don't wait until a ref gets a spine and/or neck injury from the whiplash of that type of hit.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

It's this very reason why you charge the players with assualt and why everyone who cried that would be too harsh on those first two players were wrong. Lets don't wait until a ref gets a spine and/or neck injury from the whiplash of that type of hit.

Actually, the Texas authorities are taking it very seriously with regard to the 2 kids from the original ref incident in San Antonio. A school hearing is today to determine final punishment (the 2 have been kicked off the team and suspended from school) with expulsion possible. Also, the police are considering assault charges.

 

[patdog]

I think at some point, the NCAA and high schools are going to have to move that referee over to the offensive backfield like the NFL has done. Not just because he's the easiest intentional target, but because he often gets decked accidentally and/or affects the play.

 

[Strike.sixpack]

Actually, the Texas authorities are taking it very seriously with regard to the 2 kids from the original ref incident in San Antonio. A school hearing is today to determine final punishment (the 2 have been kicked off the team and suspended from school) with expulsion possible. Also, the police are considering assault charges.

Good point and I hope they really consider following through. And the coach as well depending on how much his influence was involved.

 

[DancingRabbit]

So the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn saw no intent to target?

A high school football player in Tennessee has been suspended indefinitely after a collision with a referee during last Friday’s game. Malcolm Easley, who was lined up at linebacker, took a running start and hit umpire Kyle Gill on a play near the goal line.

Easley’s punishment comes from the Metro District Athletic Committee. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association declined to hand out further discipline, saying it “reviewed the tape several times” and found no intent to target the official.

Gill strongly disagrees.

“I think it’s pretty obvious what went down,” he said. “It looked pretty malicious to me.”

Gil said he had spoken to Easley before the play and that the player had been warned about his behavior.

“I had spoken to the player on the play before and he told me that I was in his way,” Gill said. “I asked him how long he’d been playing football and he had to realize that the referees are part of the field. I told him that he should have to avoid me and not the other way around. On the very next play, you saw what happened.”

http://thebiglead.com/2015/09/23/referee-hit-by-tennessee-high-school-football-player-pretty-obvious-what-went-down/

 

[Confucius Say]

I think at some point, the NCAA and high schools are going to have to move that referee over to the offensive backfield like the NFL has done. Not just because he's the easiest intentional target, but because he often gets decked accidentally and/or affects the play.

Plus, he can't see the ol going down field on a passing play from where he is. Amiright!?

 

[patdog]

That's ********. I will say that at least in this case, the player didn't appear to be trying to injure the referee like in the other case. But it was pretty obviously intentional. You've got to at the very minimum suspend the kid for a game or two or you set a very dangerous precedent.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

He is a good boy. He DINDU NUFFIN!

 

[thekimmer]

Well one thing I've learned in both cases is....

If you're reffing a game you definitely don't want to be the umpire.