Game forfeit appeals.

[Ed Hickland]

Why don't they just wire up a video game and replay the contest without the player?

Seriously, playing with an ineligible player questions the integrity of the coaching staff if they had knowledge before the game and the forfeit is warranted.

But the question they may be seeking to address is the issue of a player playing excess quarters in a certain time period. For instance, player plays 3 quarters in a JV game on Thursday night. Then Friday night plays two quarters where the athletic association rule is four quarters in seven days. The player is an offensive guard. How can one adequately tell if his play in the fifth quarter had no effect on the game?

Would his two quarters be worth more if the score was 7-7 versus 47-7 either way? Which or both should be forfeit?

Or, if he was a QB who came in to play in the third quarter for two series, then, the regular holder gets hurt, so, he appears in the fourth quarter to hold for an extra point. and, the extra point was the game winner. Forfeit or not?

Setting up for appeals just open the door to playing the game somewhere other than the field.