Untimed down after grounding (again)

[jchamp]

I'm still trying to figure out what injury the school can claim by being denied a win. The school's costs are actually reduced due to fewer transportation needs, reduced field use for practices, and possibly even less overtime pay to staff and lower bonuses paid to the coaches, depending on the terms of the various contracts. The only possible injured party would be a booster club that loses out on the opportunity to sell school merchandise, and that would be very hard to prove and likely fall into small-claims. Since Illinois requires small claims to first go through a round of arbitration, there still won't be a change in the result of the game.

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by jchamp

I'm still trying to figure out what injury the school can claim by being denied a win. The school's costs are actually reduced due to fewer transportation needs, reduced field use for practices, and possibly even less overtime pay to staff and lower bonuses paid to the coaches, depending on the terms of the various contracts. The only possible injured party would be a booster club that loses out on the opportunity to sell school merchandise, and that would be very hard to prove and likely fall into small-claims. Since Illinois requires small claims to first go through a round of arbitration, there still won't be a change in the result of the game.

You could argue the value of winning a state championship. I'm not sure how strong an argument I could make, but I'm sure in some places the prestige of a state championship has some value.