
Thu Sep 23, 2004, 09:49pm
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by jritchie
making a travesty of the game!!! unsportsman like conduct....ejected...
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As I pointed out earlier, j, making a travesty of the game is grounds for forfeit, not ejection.
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Okay, then, put it under Rule 2.3.
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Aaaaargh!
One of my pet peeves rears it's ugly head. R2-3 is in the book to cover anything that might come up that isn't already covered in the rules. I've never run into a situation yet where the use of R2-3 was necessary, and I can't remember hearing about any either; there always was some language available that seemed to fit, or that you could make fit.
This play is clearly already covered under R10-4-1--i.e. it's a T for a coach to commit an unsporting act. The FED left the definition of an "unsporting act" open so that the calling official could use his own judgement as to whether something that happened was actually unsporting or not in his opinion, if it wasn't specifically listed. The FED also left it up to the calling official to judge whether that unsporting act was of a flagrant nature or not also. Iow, wnen all is said and done on this play, whether the coach gets a regular ol' T or a flagrant T is strictly a judgement call by the calling official.
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Woody, I respect your experience, and judgment, and if you say it's a judgement call, it must be a judgement call. Can I make the judgement right now, and save a little time?
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