Wait...

[bulldogbaja]

According to Locke, this from Jim Wright, director of statistics for the NCAA:

"Also, Wright said that this game will not factor into NCAA regionals selections, nor will it affect anyone's RPI."

I don't really keep up but I guess that's because they're D2?

 

[TheBigDA]

It will really make you shake your head. It seems like the NCAA didn't even hear our side of the story.

 

[8dog]

but under rules, technically its a no contest.

The problem is that a strict interpretation of the rules was ridiculous in this scenario b/c it would've required us to have umpires drive from b'ham just to say "play ball" to a team that was not there.

 

[TheBigDA]

The world is retarded and getting worse.

 

[rhs43]

[No message]

 

[patdog]

would have backed it out in their minds when discussing us.

 

[8dog]

win, lose or draw.

Again, its just so puzzling to me that a baseball coach doesn't care if his team plays.

 

[TheCosmoKramer]

The way I read the blogs on this, it sounds as if the other team has to be there and refuse to take the field. If the other team isn't actually there, I'm not sure they can forfeit.

Maybe I'm not reading it right, but these two sentences together make me think that: "Nicholls coach Chip Durham said that the umpires couldn't make it from Birmingham, but even that was irrelevant. (See the below posts for further details.)

The only way the game could have been ruled a forfeit, according to Wright, was if the umpires were there, told the Colonels to take the field, and they refused."

This sentence, too: "Then there is 5-14-b: 'When a team does not appear (e.g., due to weather conditions, accidents, breakdown of vehicles, illness or catastrophic causes), a forfeit is not recorded.'"</p>

 

[8dog]

can be classified as "not appear"ing if they are there and then leave on their own accord. I think that sentence is meant to include times when a team cannot get to the venue.

It would be ridiculous to think that a team can just leave anytime the weather isn't perfect 2 hours before gametime and nothing happens.

 

[patdog]

His whole "risking injury" thing is a red herring. He didn't have any problem putting them out there on a wet field for 18 innings on Saturday.

 

[TheCosmoKramer]

that's just how I read the post.

And to add to what you said, I think it's ridiculous to require the home team to get an umpire to come when the visiting team has said that they won't play game as scheduled that day, regardless of the conditions at game time (which is essentially what Nichols State did by leaving before seeing what the conditions at game time were like).

 

[Todd4State]

Based on the precedent that they have set, say a team has a one game lead for a regular season championship, and they are playing the second place team.

Based on what the NCAA is saying, it would be more prudent to just leave and not risk losing the game.