Malicious Contact Rule Help

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by blindofficial

So that being said, do you see alot of that? Meaning, I imagine one player would do this to score a run to "take one for the team." I guess I don't understand why the run would count if the player will be ejected for doing a "malicious act."

Read it again, carefully. It says unless he has ALREADY scored. Scoring came before the malicious act, therefore the ejection is the appropriate penalty and the run scores. Why would you penalize a legal act that occured prior to the illegal act?

The kid is getting tossed for the crime he committed. What more do you think should happen?