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Here's a baseball example: When a player elbows another player it is considered a Malicous act. Sitch; Player coming home and the ball is coming in from the out-field Player in an effort to protect himself, raises his hands however, he also contacts elbows F2 in the process. Now the aforementioned ACT in an by istelf as with the player throwing the ball in the air is DEFINED by rule as unsportsmanlike etc. however, if a baseball official called MC on the part of the runner they would be chastized all over the place. Over on the baseball side Carl Childress has written a book 51 ways to ruin a baseball game. In addition, Peter Osborne wrote an article Third world plays happen to third world umpires. I am wondering if there is such a book or article for football referees. i agree the NCAA should re-look at the rule but IMO, the official could have and should have "left it alone" similar to what we as basbeall officials have to judge whenever we toss someone. Pete Booth
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Bases loaded, 2 outs, top of the 9th, score is Visitors 3 - Home 2. Batter takes a called third strike for the 3d out. What is the catcher supposed to do with the ball? And if he decides to launch it 30 feet into the air over home plate, what do you do?
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This is not baseball. Baseball has a lot of things we do not have to call because of the nature of the game. And if there is certain celebrations in a baseball game, players tend to think they are Major League Baseball Players and start throwing at each other to correct it. That kind of justice is not something that you see in football circles. Once again, the NCAA had a directive on how to handle these situations. They made it very clear this was illegal along with several other acts. And the NCAA used video to make that point clearer. This is not about Carl Childress or some book. The sports have different expectations and there is a lot more money and focus on the football side than there ever has been on the baseball side. There are a lot of acts that the football committee has curtailed this way and they are getting very specific. I do not see baseball having the same problem because they do not have a game stop after a score. Peace
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A football weighs, what, 16 ounces? The players have helmets on. And if you've not been bonked by a football in the head area as an official, you've been extremely lucky. I don't care how high you throw it spontaneously or what it does when it comes down. IMHO and IMHO only, it wasn't an attempt to showboat nor was it an attempt to delay the game or do anything that, in my mind, "harms" the game. That said, yes, it's a rule. I get that. I'm questioning the need for the rule, which is different from questioning the call.
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Plus, this'll be forgotten by this Sunday. It'll get some play on Saturday's pregame shows because it fills time and is sexy. But "the media" who has this grand house of cards to prop up, will be on to something else very shortly. Look, seriously, Occam's Razor here: 1. Kid scored and tossed ball in air in celebration. 2. Official made a call that he was told to make. Sorry for your luck, but that's the rule. 3. Media goes nuts because media knows eff-all about officiating and because controversy sells. 4. Kid won't do it again. 5. Bunch more games this weekend and for the rest of the season. No grand conspiracy. No overthinking necessary. Just sensationalism and blowing everything about major college football up to gigantic proportions (if this had happened in a game featuring Baldwin-Wallace, nobody would care).
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If you start splitting hairs about whether it was spontaneous or if it was an "attempt" to showboat, you'll create more of a mess than you fix.
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Did anyone notice the freshman football player from Kansas State. He scored his first college touchdown this past weekend. Being a young, undisiplined kid we should have expected him to throw the ball high into the air especially given the back that it was his first ever TD. Well, he did not do that. He acted like he had been there before and tossed the ball to the nearest official and went to his sideline.
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But the emotion of the game is so high with a game on TV. I cannot believe a kid actually handed the ball to an official, that has never happened in the history of football.
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