Mark Richt Should Have Been Ejected During The Orange Bowl : Here Is Why?

LAW 5 - Referees- The referee makes sure that these 17 laws are followed throughout the game. In soccer when there is a foul committed then the referee can either decide to stop the game and give a free kick or let the game play on to see if the team who gains the foul receives an advantage in the play (shot on goal, goal, pass up field and other plays are considered advantages).

It is the state championship game and your team has rose up from the bottom of the ranks. Even though you are the underdog, your team has pushed through any obstacles that were thrown in your way. You are much smaller than the number one team in the state, but you still find a way to keep the game tied. You are the senior quarterback and it would mean everything if you won. The fans are all in the stands screaming and you smile as you take in your last experience under the Friday night lights. There are two minutes left in the second half and the ball gets snapped on the third down at the 20 yard line. You catch the ball and look around frantically. All of your receivers are covered and you decide you have to run, but before you can move, a 300 pound linebacker slams you to the ground. A flag is thrown, but it is too late, everything goes black, after a few seconds, you regain sight, but you are still in a daze. You slowly stand up, but fall over immediately. You have a few seconds to rest while the ref is checking on you, your head is pounding as you feel the concussion, but you want to keep playing. Your coach leaves it up to you, and you step back out onto the field. You are now at the 15 yard line and the ball is snapped. You make eye contact with your wide receiver and pass the ball, it sails through the air. As you watch it leave your hand, you see the same linebacker out of the corner of your eye. Everything goes black again, but this time you don’t wake up. This

Additionally, this new rule will require the defensive players to be more cautious with their hits to ensure they do not get called for targeting an offensive player, which could lead to the defensive player’s ejection from the game. The player ejection is new for this fall and is in addition to a fifteen yard penalty imposed for targeting (Johnson). The NCAA committee is serious about addressing unsafe play and considers the ejection penalty a severe punishment for such behavior (Staples). Greg Bishop, from The New York Times, in his article about the targeting rule, discusses that the defensive players now have a limited contact area, and many coaches are holding training sessions to practice the limited contact area with the defensive players. Andy Bitter, from the Roanoke Times, in his article that addresses the new rule, discusses that the defensive players usually do not purposely go for the area above the shoulders, but now with such severe penalties to consider, coaches want to emphasize and practice making legal hits. Losing star players due to ejection could have serious implications to the future of a football team, especially during playoffs, so the defensive players must have an understanding of what is considered a legal hit (Bishop). This part of the rule will help make the game safer by making the defending player accountable for their actions, and will help to reduce the number of intentional targeting

“It was clean and a simple catch resulting in a touchdown,” said Owen Dyson, the referee (Doc 8). The catch couldn’t have resulted in a touchdown without more than one teammate. While it was caught by Donnell, he couldn’t have done it without the help of his team. “I had the team focused,” said Clayton Sheffield, offensive coach (Doc 3).

■The deliberate roughing of a passer after the ball has left his hand is unnecessary roughness. (Previously, the passer was protected after the pass had been made if he was “obviously out of the play.”)

With Tennessee knocking on the door step with first and goal from the one, they ran a fade route to Marquez Callaway. Dawson played the ball beautifully and had a near interception (with plenty of green grass in front of him), but dropped the football while extending his arms.

Woodward had to know this game was all but over at the 5:38 mark of the 2nd quarter, so they decided to go for it on fourth down, needing fourteen-yards for the first down, deep in their own territory. The decision went from bad to worse when Reliford was called for intentional grounding, giving the ball to Belmont at the Bulldogs nine-yard line.

The stage was set, an all-out brawl between Notre Dame and Boston College at a frigid eleven degrees. The contest started with a swift Touchdown after a 63 yard drive dominated by passing. Flutie executed what seemed as a perfect drive except for the PAT. Boston’s kicker slipped on the frozen turf and the kick was blocked. ND quickly responded with their own TD and the games’ only completed PAT. After this point it became worse and worse for the BC Eagles. Most of their problems were special teams related. By the half BC was down 19 to 6.

It is the referee’s job to catch wrongdoing & the athletes & coaches have no inherent responsibility to follow the rules.

It’s the Sunday of a major championship so of course we have a rules controversy! Ian Poulter hit his tee shot WAY right on the par-4 8th hole, couldn’t find it and couldn’t find it and couldn’t find it and then yelled at a rules official when things weren’t going his way. Now to be totally honest I’m still not sure if they got it right or wrong. No idea. I guess they found his original ball but it was outside the 5-minute window but it was in the hazard so he was able to take a drop instead of being forced to go back and re-tee. I think that’s what happened. Either way though, it doesn’t matter if Poulter was right or wrong. It’s how he handled it. The dude is an asshole and he handled it like an asshole. He can’t help himself. Him repeatedly

December 2nd, 2015 during the team USA scrimmage NBA forward, Sean Jones was going up to block a layup (which was missed by the other team) when he came down on his foot the wrong way and landed underneath the basketball stanchion. With 9:44 left on the clock in the 4th quarter Sean Jones was dismissed from the game and immediately

“Don’t let the behaviors of others destroy your inner peace” (Dalai Lama). Good referees should be able to handle all the pressure. Referees chose this job, so they knew what was coming with it, in this case uncontrolled fans. In fact, a referee named John stated, “I don’t mind being shouted at. I think a good referee should be able to block out sideline activity,as even if you get a quiet coach, the crowd might be twice as rowdy and there’s nothing you can do to control them.” Good referees do block about the crowd, but more seriously the referees can not block out

Two football players are suspended after purposely attacking a referee during a high school football game in Texas. They have the chance of facing criminal charges after they tackled the man. The referee was watching the play from behind the defensive line when out of nowhere the 2 players hit him from behind. The first player pushed/tackled the referee while the second one came in a speared the man as he was laying on the ground. The players were ejected from the game and kicked off of the football team after their actions. NFL Referees Association stated' "These types of actions against any game official at any level are inexcusable." The head coach said, "I've coached 14 years, and I've never seen anything like it."

THESIS: Contact sports have been here since the medieval times. Soccer was also already being put into sport use by china in the dynasties. Implied, players on both teams have agreed to be hit, pushed, shoved, and possibly fought. What can be used for considering when or where a player crosses the line? Using examples from previous court cases, we will examine how players in the NHL could be charged when excessive force against other players in the opposite team come into play. Having hockey being used for an example, we will examine and look at the rules of the NHL, as well as how Todd Bertuzzi from the Vancouver Canucks stepped over the line, and was charged with assault.

There running back ran for a first down and brought them up to the forty yard line. He hasn’t done much all game so the team decided it would be best if they gave him a shot. He ran it again and got another first down and another ten yards up to the fifty yard line. They gave the ball to him and then forty, thirty, and he was tackled. He was on fire and did not plan on stopping for anything any time soon. The cougars had all their faith in him today, so they gave the ball to him for the fourth time in a row. There was twenty seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter and they needed a touchdown or a field goal to win. The star running back got the ball and was immediately encountered and dropped at the line of scrimmage. He stayed on the ground holding his left knee. His team rushed to him almost simultaneously after the hit.