Geekboy
9/19/2006, 12:49 PM
This isn't a 100% cure but it would cut down drastically this current situation that is getting worse every year.
On about Monday or Tuesday after the college games make the conferences have their officials hold a press conference ON CAMERA! Have it live on one of the ESPN channels.
There could be certain rules applied like maybe only four calls reviewed on a monitor and questions ask. I leave that to you experts.
The bottom line why can't they be questioned? Why can't they be held accountable?
Players get asked questions. The officials throw flags and identify the penalized player. Coaches get asked questions. The officials are just as much a part of the game. Why can't they be asked questions? Why are they immune to the spotlight?
A perfect example today would be a press conference with the Pac-10 officials. I can see some calls getting messed up on the field of play by not the playback officials. I'm hearing the review guy (official) is now saying he blew it.
Here's where the press conference comes into play. The perfect question to ask that specific official would be...."How did you blow that call? Everyone else didn't get it wrong. Why are you just NOW, after the game has been decided, agreeing that you got it wrong after you watched it several times in the booth but NOW you are saying you blew it?" I'd love to hear that answer but we won't get an answer because they aren't held accountable.
Whoopie do.......a game suspension. Someone at work told me it wouldn't do any good because they could wind up being just as arrogant as some of these smart *** coaches. I say GOOD! Let them be that way. That way when these dumbass zebras run out on the field there are some well known bozos that get well deserved boos and hopefully they wind up quitting.
Let's see......a game suspension that maybe altered OU's entire season and it determines a possible bowl selection which also determines many thousands of dollars. If this was done at the corporate level the dumbass would have been fired immediately.
And while I'm at it......why are there 'conference' officials anyway? Why not just college gameday officials that aren't associated with any conference? Get rid of that!
Bottom line, until these guys are held accountable in the public eye it's only going to get worse because the lame accountability you have now within the conferences is a joke. Put these officials under the hot glare of the public spotlight and I guarantee they'll think twice before trying to manipulate a game to their liking.
On about Monday or Tuesday after the college games make the conferences have their officials hold a press conference ON CAMERA! Have it live on one of the ESPN channels.
There could be certain rules applied like maybe only four calls reviewed on a monitor and questions ask. I leave that to you experts.
The bottom line why can't they be questioned? Why can't they be held accountable?
Players get asked questions. The officials throw flags and identify the penalized player. Coaches get asked questions. The officials are just as much a part of the game. Why can't they be asked questions? Why are they immune to the spotlight?
A perfect example today would be a press conference with the Pac-10 officials. I can see some calls getting messed up on the field of play by not the playback officials. I'm hearing the review guy (official) is now saying he blew it.
Here's where the press conference comes into play. The perfect question to ask that specific official would be...."How did you blow that call? Everyone else didn't get it wrong. Why are you just NOW, after the game has been decided, agreeing that you got it wrong after you watched it several times in the booth but NOW you are saying you blew it?" I'd love to hear that answer but we won't get an answer because they aren't held accountable.
Whoopie do.......a game suspension. Someone at work told me it wouldn't do any good because they could wind up being just as arrogant as some of these smart *** coaches. I say GOOD! Let them be that way. That way when these dumbass zebras run out on the field there are some well known bozos that get well deserved boos and hopefully they wind up quitting.
Let's see......a game suspension that maybe altered OU's entire season and it determines a possible bowl selection which also determines many thousands of dollars. If this was done at the corporate level the dumbass would have been fired immediately.
And while I'm at it......why are there 'conference' officials anyway? Why not just college gameday officials that aren't associated with any conference? Get rid of that!
Bottom line, until these guys are held accountable in the public eye it's only going to get worse because the lame accountability you have now within the conferences is a joke. Put these officials under the hot glare of the public spotlight and I guarantee they'll think twice before trying to manipulate a game to their liking.