True.This is ridiculous, the game is over. Bad calls happen. It sucks, but this is part of sports.
Here's an article and a video about the blown call.Not enough information for me to decide whether or not I support the school in this.
Sounds like the ref screwed up royally. I can't believe none of the other refs corrected his application of the rule. The appeal has been denied and the results will stand. It really stinks for the kids.If you skip to the 33-second mark in the video above, you'll see Frederick A. Douglass High School of Oklahoma City scoring a 58-yard catch-and-run touchdown with a minute and four seconds remaining in the Class 3A quarterfinal game against Locust Grove High School on November 28. The score would have put Douglas up 25-20, pending the extra point—but the Douglas coach got too close to the sideline and impeded the referee. That's supposed to be a five-yard penalty on the extra point or kickoff, but the refs instead called back the touchdown. Locust Grove held on to win 20-19.
I tend to agree CA. Yeah, there should be a correction for serious injustices (like someone falsely imprisoned for example) but this is a game. It's a great lesson for kids to learn not all things in life go your way.This is ridiculous, the game is over. Bad calls happen. It sucks, but this is part of sports.
Would you be as calm if Penn Wagers made that call against us?This is ridiculous, the game is over. Bad calls happen. It sucks, but this is part of sports.
I get where you're coming from, but how do you know that the other team wouldn't have run the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown? If the call had stood, there's no way to know that the team that was penalized would have won. There's no practical "just" resolution to this. The kids on the team that lost got hosed. Life's like that sometimes.Integrity would suggest that the team that won because of the bad consider offering to forfeit their win and let the other team play in their stead in the next round of the playoffs. That will never happen.
You see someone drop a $100 bill. You pick it up. It is now yours. What you do next determines your character.
How many games has Bama legitimately lost due to bad calls? More than one. It sucks but it is what it is. Case in point - it's never even crossed my mind to sue because of the outcome of a Bama game.Would you be as calm if Penn Wagers made that call against us?
Integrity would suggest that the team that won because of the bad consider offering to forfeit their win and let the other team play in their stead in the next round of the playoffs. That will never happen.
You see someone drop a $100 bill. You pick it up. It is now yours. What you do next determines your character.
ETA - This stuff should not be handled in court, but why is it okay to act without integrity in sports?
Yeah, but you make the call. Even if you don't offer to forfeit, you make the call and go public with the fact that you do not like that you won that way. You work with the other school to try and get the end of the game replayed instead of making them go out ther on their own. Threaten to forfeit the next game if the governing body doesn't let you replay the end of the game. Do something.I get where you're coming from, but how do you know that the other team wouldn't have run the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown? If the call had stood, there's no way to know that the team that was penalized would have won. There's no practical "just" resolution to this. The kids on the team that lost got hosed. Life's like that sometimes.
Agreed. It's why I cannot tolerate most sports now - soccer and basketball are prime examples - as it's ONLY about winning. The lessons that sports are supposed to teach us are lost on so many people because winning is all that matters.Integrity would suggest that the team that won because of the bad consider offering to forfeit their win and let the other team play in their stead in the next round of the playoffs. That will never happen.
Don't tell me , you are in favor of participation trophies��. I get what you are saying. Winning should be important, but how you achieved victory is important also.Agreed. It's why I cannot tolerate most sports now - soccer and basketball are prime examples - as it's ONLY about winning. The lessons that sports are supposed to teach us are lost on so many people because winning is all that matters.