Washington officials finally disciplined for charity pink whistles

[tjones1]

Washington officials finally disciplined for charity pink whistles - Prep Rally - High SchoolBlog - Yahoo! Sports

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[chseagle]

This just goes to show you that the Todd Stordahl doesn't seem to care about the thoughts/feelings of the officials' associations he is over.

To ban an entire organization from doing playoff games for 2 years while threatening then with decertification for wanting to support a worthwhile cause is wrong.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by chseagle

This just goes to show you that the Todd Stordahl doesn't seem to care about the thoughts/feelings of the officials' associations he is over.

To ban an entire organization from doing playoff games for 2 years while threatening then with decertification for wanting to support a worthwhile cause is wrong.

1. It's not about feelings, it's about power.

2. The penalty has nothing whatever to do with supporting causes, worthwhile or otherwise. It has everything to do with incremental punishment for a group of habitual offenders.

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The penalty has nothing whatever to do with supporting causes, worthwhile or otherwise. It has everything to do with incremental punishment for a group of habitual offenders.

So what about those in the association that did not participate in wearing of the pink whistles? Why should they be punished? (there had to be some that didn't participate)

How come College Football & No Fun League are allowed to support Breast Cancer Awareness yet HS Football cannot?

I came to my conclusions, not by reading just one article, but by searching for all the different articles about this situation & reading each one.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by chseagle

So what about those in the association that did not participate in wearing of the pink whistles? Why should they be punished? (there had to be some that didn't participate)

I don't no whether there are those that didn't participate or not. But I know the decision to go against the WOA was made by the PNFOA. The assoication made the decision for all of it's members, therefore are members are subject to any disciplie.

How come College Football & No Fun League are allowed to support Breast Cancer Awareness yet HS Football cannot?

That's a really stupid question. HS football officials can support Breast Cancer Awareness if they choose. No one has ever said they couldn't. So why publicly violate what the WOA has said would be allowed? Why couldn't they just publicly made a contribution to a local charity association with BCA? The answer is simple. They weren't interested in Breast Cancer Awareness. They wanted to rebel against the WOA.

[TXMike]

What's stupid is some bunch of yahoos who can perceive one iota of logic in declaring officials of a certain sport can only publicly support one charity.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by chseagle

This just goes to show you that the Todd Stordahl doesn't seem to care about the thoughts/feelings of the officials' associations he is over.

To ban an entire organization from doing playoff games for 2 years while threatening then with decertification for wanting to support a worthwhile cause is wrong.

This post just goes to show that you really don't have a clue about this whole situation. There is so much more to the situation than what is in the article posted...the PNFOA has consistently disregarded the WOA rules and policies, and has basically told the WOA that they would do whatever they wanted...to me, this discipline is not enough.

[jfurdell]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

This post just goes to show that you really don't have a clue about this whole situation. There is so much more to the situation than what is in the article posted...the PNFOA has consistently disregarded the WOA rules and policies, and has basically told the WOA that they would do whatever they wanted...to me, this discipline is not enough.

I'm in the PNFOA and would like to hear the details on what rules & policies we've disregarded. (I'm not on the board, and I really don't know the details surrounding this situation outside of what's been released by the WOA.)
-JLF

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jfurdell

I'm in the PNFOA and would like to hear the details on what rules & policies we've disregarded. (I'm not on the board, and I really don't know the details surrounding this situation outside of what's been released by the WOA.)
-JLF

And that is part of the problem. It seems or sounds like this was the big issue. If it was not, then tell the entire story. Just saying there are other violations seems a little silly if you are not being more specific.

Peace

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by chseagle

This just goes to show you that the Todd Stordahl doesn't seem to care about the thoughts/feelings of the officials' associations he is over.

To ban an entire organization from doing playoff games for 2 years while threatening then with decertification for wanting to support a worthwhile cause is wrong.

An uninformed post but not unusual for you.

The WOA had an agreement with the basketball and volleyball officials to visibly support the fight against breast cancer and with the football officials to visibly support the fight against prostate cancer. The association knew this. It was explained that they couldn't violate the agreements in place. They chose to do so anyway.

Further, the decision to suspend the association from playoff games for two years was made by the WOA Board, not Stordahl.

[TXMike]

They let football guys have a "blue flag" day for prostrate cance awareness. They let basketball, volleyball and socceer use pink whistles. But for some reason these guys were not allowed to do the same. Sounds like someone was trying to flex their muscle. Not surprisingly it was a basketball coach/official.

[ODJ]

Another reason to Huck the Fuskies.

[asdf]

This is all about the Stordahl's....

Bungled from the beginning with his "I make the decisions around here" stance and his arrogant TV interview.

The board that suppsoedly made this decision is the same board that allows the WOA staff to consist of only Todd and Kerri Stordhal.

PR is a foreign term in this organization, from top to bottom.