Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 876736)

You are missing the point. This is why at the levels most of us likely work, you do not go in at all trying to put your hands on officials. Because people are getting pushed and they push whomever is in their face. My point is the officials knows better than you or me if the guy was just pushing guys away from him and accidentally pushed the official. High levels have different standards and certainly have different standards of contact or these situations than we would at the HS level. That is just a fact.

Peace

Originally Posted by johnnyg08 (Post 876861)

I think my baseball analogy in this situation is relevant to the nature of the discussion we're having here because game management is game management.

Only in the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) have I seen an official shoved in that manner and get away with it. Obviously the official chose to keep Mr. #29 in the game. That is his right as the official. I happened to disagree with his judgment which by the likes of what I'm reading on here means that I should keep my aspirations to move up on the baseball diamond and not on the football field which I am okay with.

I will stick to my guns though and say that if he had ejected him, all of you would be talking about what a great "textbook" EJ that was.

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler (Post 877033)

Okay, what about the tackle from the Browns that beaned by a flag that went through his face mask causing him to lose the eyesight in on eye. When the official that threw the flag walked over to check on him he pushed the official away. Boom............ejection.

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler (Post 877034)

The WWF is the World Wildlife Foundation.

Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 877063)

Sports Junkies from DC interviewed Cary Williams this morning. Right or wrong, his take:

Obviously, it was a "chippy" game. It was a "heat of the moment" thing after his helmet was "ripped off." Said, he didn't really see the ref, he just got up and pushed whomever was in front of him.....and the ref was there. He said, the ref knew he was not doing it on purpose or to hurt him and made the right "no call." Emotions got the best of him.

When asked if he expected to be fined, he said he hadn't heard from the league yet......