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Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 810523)

It may not be enough for criminal conviction, but civil cases have a much lower threshold.

Really Camron?

Peace

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 810523)

Not when the injury happens on play #7 at the hands of #34 with plays #1 - #6 preceding them as in this example. At some point, the officials, having not properly addressed the prior plays, will have exposed themselves to more trouble than just losing games.

It may not be enough for criminal conviction, but civil cases have a much lower threshold.

Criminal conviction is not even a remote possibility here.

The issue in a civil matter is negligence. And in many states, a plantiff in a case like this would have to prove not just negligence but that the actions of the official(s) were either reckless or willful and wanton.

Of course the complete lack of control of the game demonstrated by the officials in the video could leave themselves open to litigation. But I agree with JRut in that we are making too much of that, and do so in general in these types of discussions.

As Tomegun stated earlier, I think the focus should be on the awful job of officiating these guys did, not from a liability standpoint, but from the standpoint of officials and taking pride in doing a good, professional, and compotent job in the services that we offer.

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 810513)

That's not what he is talking about. A good argument can be made that #34 should have been tossed after play #3 in this video. Any injuries he causes after that play would therefore be at least liable for a lawsuit.

In a word: bull

just my opinion

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Originally Posted by VaTerp (Post 810530)

... the actions of the official(s) were either reckless or willful and wonton.

Great now you've got to go inject chinese food into this...who's hungry? Snaqs is buying.

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Originally Posted by fiasco (Post 810521)

A "good argument" on an Internet message board is completely and absolutely different from a good argument in court. That's what I think you and rockyroad (who is probably right now at the local law library combing through a stack of legal cases a mile high bless his heart) fail to understand.

Nope...not looking for anything. It became apparent that you can't see the point here - that these officials did not handle these situations properly, according to the established rules - and that opens the door to claims of negligence.

So be it. You continue on, as will I.

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Originally Posted by Welpe (Post 810532)

Great now you've got to go inject chinese food into this...who's hungry? Snaqs is buying.

Lol. Still at work hungry before my 7:30 tip tonite.

wAnton

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Originally Posted by rockyroad (Post 810533)

and that opens the door to claims of negligence.

So be it. You continue on, as will I.

Stepping out of your front door opens the door to claims of negligence.

Walking into the supermarket opens the door to claims of negligence.

Having a pulse opens the door to claims of negligence.

It's just the world we live in. Nothing within this thread changes ANY of that.

Talking about "claims of negligence" and actual negligence are two completely different conversations.

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Originally Posted by VaTerp (Post 810530)

The issue in a civil matter is negligence. And in many states, a plantiff in a case like this would have to prove not just negligence but that the actions of the official(s) were either reckless or willful and wanton.

As an expert witness with 26 years experience, I will testify that there are no basketball officials in the whole world that are "reckless, willful, and wanton."
There are, however, multitudes of them that simply won't blow the whistle at appropriate times for a variety of reasons inherent to the profession.

case dismissed

Not to mention the fact that most officials here are in agreement that only one of the fouls in question should have been called flagrant, and that foul wasn't even committed by #34. It was #42.

So, even if you call an intentional on #34 for play #1 and #3 (which almost everyone here is in agreement with), he's still eligible to play in the game.

So how are you going to argue that the officials are liable for play #5, which was committed by #34, and, in our hypothetical, injured the opposing player.

What would calling intentional fouls on #1 and #3 have done more than calling common fouls in those situations?

The answer is: not a whole lot probably, given the way #34 was playing the game.

And that's not even close to grounds to win a civil lawsuit.

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Originally Posted by fiasco (Post 810536)

My friend told me a story about her friend skiing in NYS. She was run-over by a less-experienced skier, who was injured on the collision. My friend's friend got up with a tiny bit of pain, only to hear: "Please don't sue me, please don't sue me."

In Canada, those two people would strike up a friendship and grab a Tim's after the skiing was over. :D

Comments made on this from local newspaper

Here's a few of the comments made to the article posted in today's media source on the video:

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I love the fact that people are judging play off of this video. Yes, some of the plays look bad and some are out of frustration. These types of fouls occur in basketball when you have a kid that is the size of #34 against guards like that of Highlands. The guards look like they might weigh about 150 pounds soaking wet. That is pretty close to half the size of #34. Nothing against either of team, but it is pretty easy to look at fouls in slow motion and think they look a lot worse then they actually do. Watch college ball and you will see the same thing. Replay is nice, but it also takes things way out of proportion. As for the person who uploaded the video, why would you put it on youtube if you didn't want it to be watched by all? Foul #2 the kid that came down with the rebound should have been called for traveling as well as stepping out of bounds prior to the foul being called. I thought fouls #3 and #5 looked the worst initially, but both times the ball is what he is going after, he may not have got the ball, but you are told to not allow the player to get the shot off if you are going to foul them. I have had it happen on a number of occasions. As for the coaches, I sure would hope my coach had my back in a situation similar to this. It doesn't matter if he knows things were out of hand a little bit or if he did foul out of the game, when there is a video out there singling out two of his players, he should stick up for them!! This is a team that just finished up football at a small 1A school, participants are limited especially when you have a couple would be starters who are out for a big portion of the year due to injuries sustained at the dome.

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After watching that video, I'm curious about the rest of the game. It's pretty clear that there's a lot of frustration, and some of these are frustration fouls. I'm betting that it was a poorly controlled game, with a lot of pushing and shoving throughout.Second thing, particularly with the first two fouls, it looks to me like the Highland players are milking it - acting to increase the odds of a foul call. I hate that too, I think that's just as dirty.Third, #34 is big. Easily twice the size of most of the kids he fouled. Anytime there's contact with him, it's going to look bad. The smaller kid is going to bounce off and/or fall down, and he's not going to move. Add to that he doesn't look like he's much of a basketball player - out of position, lots of reaching, and not at all quick. Honestly, if I was coaching against him I'd tell my guards to go right at him, he's going to overcommit to the play and foul, we're going to get shots, and he's going to be on the bench.Both of the fouls shown by #42 were dumb, and look like frustration fouls. I think something else had probably just happened that also didn't get called, and these were retaliation plays. The first one - on the rebound - he probably felt Highland's player had just pushed him out of the way....and he had. Of course, he'd been moved by #34. The second he probably felt he'd been fouled on the steal.The kicker to both of #42's fouls though - neither should have been called. Calls should have gone against Highland before either foul, ending the play. Highland's player stepped out of bounds before the rebound foul, and another sets a moving screen before the push.I agree the officials for the game need to be looked at, but for completely different reasons.

Read more here: High school basketball video shows power of social media - Mid-Columbia News | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news

There have been so far a total of 14 comments made on the story.

It still gets me that the person that posted the video is now saying he made a mistake & that he had not planned for the video to get this much publicity.

I tried finding the article from ESPN but cannot find anything.

Late To The Party ..

I think that I've got the "lingo" down now.

Intentional foul on play #4. A two arm push in the back of the opponent. Easy call. No question in my mind. This is not a basketball play.

Intentional foul on play #5 for excessive contact. This "clothesline" play is closest that I get to a flagrant foul. I wouldn't disagree with anyone who called this a flagrant foul, but I'm only going with intentional foul from my seat here in front of my monitor.

All the others are just "ugly" basketball. We see a lot of this in the small, rural districts that we service. Coaches need to put some "big" bodies in the game, don't have a large (numbers) male enrollment to chose from, and find that a few lineman, or linebackers, from the football team can sometimes do a pretty good job of clogging up the middle.

Milking it? Are you kidding me? Those kids are getting destroyed out there.

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Originally Posted by chseagle (Post 810562)

Here's a few of the comments made to the article posted in today's media source on the video:

There have been so far a total of 14 comments made on the story.

It still gets me that the person that posted the video is now saying he made a mistake & that he had not planned for the video to get this much publicity.

I tried finding the article from ESPN but cannot find anything.

These are pure B.S. plain and simple.

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Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 810529)

Really Camron?

Peace

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Originally Posted by VaTerp (Post 810530)

Criminal conviction is not even a remote possibility here.

The issue in a civil matter is negligence.

Never said nor implied it was. I was only pointing out that civil cases don't require the same level of proof as criminal cases.