Oklahoma Playoffs -- Update

[CT1]

Interesting article from the NYT, citing previous court cases:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/sp...-playoffs.html

[HLin NC]

If it drags on, just vacate the title and don't declare a winner for that division. Between exams, holidays, and winter sports, at some point football has to end.

I love how the judge acknowledges skepticism yet grants an injunction.

Kicking the can down the road.

[Rich]

If I were Oklahoma, I'd be figuring out how to comply with any injunction while still not giving Douglass anything they want.

[Robert Goodman]

Since they're so serious about football in Oklahoma, next time there's a legal dispute, they should settle it by a football game.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Rich

If I were Oklahoma, I'd be figuring out how to comply with any injunction while still not giving Douglass anything they want.

Not a bad idea, but today the prevailing wisdom seems to be give any squeaking wheels all the oil they demand, regardless of what effect it may have on how overall, things actually work.

[PATRICK]

“Adults in a split second can negate months and years of hard work by kids,” Keith Sinor, the athletic director of Oklahoma City public schools, said Monday. “Our kids shouldn’t be held accountable for those mistakes — especially in a situation where they can be corrected.”

With that logic, If a coach makes a mistake, we could replay it too.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by PATRICK

“Adults in a split second can negate months and years of hard work by kids,” Keith Sinor, the athletic director of Oklahoma City public schools, said Monday. “Our kids shouldn’t be held accountable for those mistakes — especially in a situation where they can be corrected.”

With that logic, If a coach makes a mistake, we could replay it too.

So calling what turns out to be a play that didn't work is the same as misapplying a rule and its penalty?

This case seems kinda like getting convicted for running a green light and not being able to appeal it.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

If it drags on, just vacate the title and don't declare a winner for that division.

I suspect the team that is already in the finals would have a HUGE problem with that.

[CT1]

Locust Grove won in court, but lost their semi-final on the field, 53-42.

[PATRICK]

Originally Posted by CT1

Locust Grove won in court, but lost their semi-final on the field, 53-42.

Ya gotta wonder how much of that nonsense affected them.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by PATRICK

Ya gotta wonder how much of that nonsense affected them.

One of the few "absolutes" in life (in view of the current Overtime rules) is that 50%, fully 1/2 of ALL the teams that play High School football, risk losing EVERY game they play