Georgia ruling

ump76 · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 10, 2003, 01:36pm

Did everyone hear what has happened in Georgia? There was a situation where a penalty enforcement was done incorrectly and a team was given a 1st and 10 instead of a 3rd and 17. The team scored on that drive and won the game by less than a touchdown. The head coach of the team played the remainder of the game under protest and filed an appeal through the Georgia high school sports association. The ruling came down and the teams are being forced tonight to go bacjk to the field, enforce the penalty correctly, and replay the remainder of the game. How silly is this? What kind of can of worms is being opened here? Whayt does everyone think?

Theisey · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 10, 2003, 01:46pm

We've been beating this up over in the football forum on the NFHS web site.

michaelpr · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 10, 2003, 03:05pm

wow the political machine of the GHSA at work again. I wish that the NFHS would overturn this before the game got replayed

-GA Official

BktBallRef · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 10, 2003, 04:03pm

I forwarded the story to our state association and was assured that this will NEVER happen in NC.

AndrewMcCarthy · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 10, 2003, 04:13pm

Who is officiating the replay?

ump76 · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Nov 12, 2003, 05:16pm

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Originally posted by AndrewMcCarthy
Who is officiating the replay?

Great question....I wish I knew.

ump76 · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Nov 19, 2003, 10:29am

This game was replayed.....same team won both times. I just hate this was done, there is no telling what the future holds. Way to go Georgia.

Ed Hickland · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Dec 03, 2003, 12:46pm

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Originally posted by michaelpr
wow the political machine of the GHSA at work again. I wish that the NFHS would overturn this before the game got replayed

-GA Official

For everyone's knowledge bank, the rule against protests was not instituted to be uniformly applied to all NFHS games. State associations can replay part of a game based upon an upheld protest. Check out "Strange Night in Georgia" for all the details.

Bob M. · #9 (**permalink**) Wed Dec 03, 2003, 03:28pm

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Originally posted by ump76
This game was replayed.....same team won both times. I just hate this was done, there is no telling what the future holds. Way to go Georgia.

REPLY: Actually, if memory serves me correctly (not a given at my age!), the team won by a larger margin than they did in the first game.