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    Public Guys

    My two cents: There are no problems with how the IHSA sets up the playoffs each year. Keep the multiplier; keep the success factor (or whatever it's called); don't separate the public schools from the private schools; let the public schools keep doing what they're doing as far as football goes...
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    Legal Action

    Fenwick AD about to speak on 1000am.
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    LA MS 8A Title

    I think given the rivalry, all bets are off. Both teams are gonna show up and I think it'll be a burner. If I'm LA I'm trying to play conservatively, let that monster O-line wear down the MS defense and give Marwede a lot of short yardage carries. If they can do that then I'll take LA. But MS...
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    Legal Action

    I think you're kidding on this point. But I just wanted to state that a political catastrophe would ensue if everyone flooded the courts about high school referee errors.
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    Should Houston file a lawsuit to overturn last night's MNF game?

    Neither do I. And it's not as though the Fenwick people don't have good reason. I just think, put in a proper perspective, the outcome of a high school football game isn't worth a legal battle. But I'm sure there are good arguments for why it is worth it, too. On your analogy. I mean the same...
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    Should Houston file a lawsuit to overturn last night's MNF game?

    For the record I've not issued my support for Fenwick people suing. I don't think we should be using taxpayer dollars over a bad call in a high school football game. But I do think there is a clear distinction between excusable, discretionary penalties and non-excusable ignorance of...
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    Should Houston file a lawsuit to overturn last night's MNF game?

    Just trying to help clear up the distinction between 'judgement calls' and 'misapplication of the rules'. The reason why there is a clear distinction is because the former involves a particular referee's discretion, whereas the latter involves no discretion at all. Think of it this way: if your...
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    Legal Action

    Oh I see that I misunderstood you. So your claim is that there was no dispute after the call was made. But that's gotta be false too, as the Fenwick staff and the refs spent about 20 mins in dispute. Or am I still misunderstanding you?
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    Legal Action

    That's not correct. There was no dispute that the clock had reached 0.00 on that fourth down play. It clearly had. The question was over whether or not PN was to be given one untimed down, given that the QB had intentionally grounded the ball. The rules state that it's not the case that PN...
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    Legal Action

    Just my two cents here: "do we now say to them if something doesn't go your way in life, sue?" I think this misrepresents the situation. The message being sent is more along the lines of: "if an institution fails to enforce previously agreed upon rules in relation to some activity such that it...
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    Plainfield North @ Fenwick

    Agreed, it'd be better to avoid cognitive dissonance.
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    Plainfield North @ Fenwick

    Yes. Exactly.
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    Plainfield North @ Fenwick

    There is a crucial distinction to be made between a ref's judgement call in applying a rule where there is room for discretion, compared to a ref applying rules where there is no room for discretion. The illegal touching call falls in the former category and is reasonably excusable. The granting...
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    Plainfield North @ Fenwick

    You can narrow the scope of this kind of law so that it wouldn't result in "triple shifts every day all fall". The current law seems aimed at ensuring that they never have to deal with any difficult situations.
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    OFFICIALS!

    Well, yes. If laws weren't subject to be changed then **** I'd still be able to beat my wife in public if she spoke out against me so that I could uphold the reputation of myself and family (I'm referring to a string of legal precedent that dates back to 1832ish made by the courts in North...
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