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Good Sport, Bad Rule

Posted by Trish18 Feb 7, 2006

 

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In part 2 of our series entitled ���Really Bad Officiating��� we follow a story reported in the Charlotte Observer about a basketball coach for the Houston Cougars who got a technical foul���for fainting.

 

 

 

Coach Tom Penders collapsed to his knees in the first half of a game Saturday against Alabama-Birmingham due to lightheadedness. He was called for a technical foul because the officials believed he was pulling a ���Bobby Knight��� and dramatically protesting the previous call. When he was carried off the court in a stretcher and given oxygen the officials realized they had made a mistake.

 

 

 

And they still called him for a technical---because under NCAA rules an official has complete latitude when it comes to handing out fouls.

 

 

 

Do you think that rule should be changed? Do you think basketball officials should adhere to a strict guideline when it comes to giving out technical fouls? And what rule in any sport would you change? (I would change the rule that says the San Diego Padres have to lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in the playoffs e[ |http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20098642&amp;postID=113934568854192784]to tell us what team sport rule you want changed.

 

 

 

And to read the entire story in the Charlotte Observer click on this link.

 

 

 

(Photo Courtesy of Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

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College Football Goes Crazy!

Posted by Trish18 Feb 1, 2006

 

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Today is college football���s National Signing Day-or as it is otherwise known--the day that universities run around in a mad frenzy to sign that back-up middle linebacker from a small high school in Texas that nobody has ever heard of.

 

 

 

One of the most famous recruiting legends is that of an assistant coach in the SEC who offered everything but the kitchen sink to a high school senior from Mississippi. Unable to broker a deal, and with an impending deadline approaching, the coach offered the only thing he had left to give---an arranged marriage with his nineteen year old daughter. The young running back politely declined.

 

 

 

Here at eteamz we wanted to hear if you had any crazy recruiting stories of any kind you���d like to share with us. Doesn���t have to be NCAA���it can be high school lacrosse or 4th grade club soccer or a hotly contested pre-school hopscotch tournament.

 

 

 

Click here to give us your best recruiting story and be sure to check out the football message boards as well.

 

 

 

(Photo Courtesy of Christian Petersen

 

 

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