I would love to have a conversation with the people who thought this slogan was a good idea.
In a game that keeps getting faster and faster, officials are having a harder and harder time keeping up and do a decent job of officiating. So we put more on their plate with this judgement on ejections. The mantra says, if you're not sure, eject the player. I think we will all agree that officials will miss calls, they are human, and we expect this as watch games. Officials will screw this up, it WILL happen, and a player, and a team will pay the price.
The Big Ten office says they do not want to make these decisions on Monday. WHY NOT?
Current Policy:
Officials make call after seeing a play in real time. Player is ejected for remainder of the game (& first half of next game if penalty is in second half). Mistakes will be made, officials will get boos. Ejections that are not made will also put officials in hot water with the league.
Better Policy??:
I understand the need to protect the game. Let the officials call the 15-yard penalty for a hit they think warrants it. Hold off on the ejections. Let the leagues take care of it, after being able to watch the play repeatedly. They can watch and make sure a player isn't flopping, and if there was actual targeting, then they sit the next game. This way, everyone pays the same price...one full game.
I hate to see players penalized for things they can't control. There are plays when a defensive player goes in to make a legal tackle, and the offensive player gets hit from another guy, trips, cuts, etc...and in the split second move they make helmet to helmet contact. In football, this is unavoidable, and it seems we have people who think it can be solved. It can't. I understand the "launching" penalties for defensive players, but to throw a flag on every helmet to helmet hit is going to ruin the game.
Thoughts??
In a game that keeps getting faster and faster, officials are having a harder and harder time keeping up and do a decent job of officiating. So we put more on their plate with this judgement on ejections. The mantra says, if you're not sure, eject the player. I think we will all agree that officials will miss calls, they are human, and we expect this as watch games. Officials will screw this up, it WILL happen, and a player, and a team will pay the price.
The Big Ten office says they do not want to make these decisions on Monday. WHY NOT?
Current Policy:
Officials make call after seeing a play in real time. Player is ejected for remainder of the game (& first half of next game if penalty is in second half). Mistakes will be made, officials will get boos. Ejections that are not made will also put officials in hot water with the league.
Better Policy??:
I understand the need to protect the game. Let the officials call the 15-yard penalty for a hit they think warrants it. Hold off on the ejections. Let the leagues take care of it, after being able to watch the play repeatedly. They can watch and make sure a player isn't flopping, and if there was actual targeting, then they sit the next game. This way, everyone pays the same price...one full game.
I hate to see players penalized for things they can't control. There are plays when a defensive player goes in to make a legal tackle, and the offensive player gets hit from another guy, trips, cuts, etc...and in the split second move they make helmet to helmet contact. In football, this is unavoidable, and it seems we have people who think it can be solved. It can't. I understand the "launching" penalties for defensive players, but to throw a flag on every helmet to helmet hit is going to ruin the game.
Thoughts??
