[Old School Hound]

This happened in Ohio  in a regional tournament game.  Dude punches his opponent in the groin.  He's allowed to remain in the game... No big deal.   What do you think?   Does an intentikonal punch to someone's junk warrant an automatic  removal from the competition.


Let me reiterate. High school and college sports need to eliminate the handshake nonsense after games, like Plantman Guy said. Something bad is gonna happen in that handshake line one of these days(like a death, perhaps) as a result of stuff like this happeing during games. 


If your kid got his junk abused on purpose, would you be okay with the junk puncher remaining in the game?

[DukeBoy]

Thug Ball at its finest. Kid don’t get tossed, refs should never be allowed to call another game. Charges should be filed on the kid and refs for letting it go. No excuse

[Old School Hound]

Referees should be sanctioned for allowing the kid to remain on the court. Sends a HORRIFIC message...

[Cactus Jack]

That should have been an ejection but we have the benefit of watching it on replay. Like the commentator said, refs here don't have that benefit.

Guessing that the ref on closest to the camera was directing his attention to the wing/area that it was passed and the other ref's view might have been obstructed by the way their bodies were positioned. Whether they were out of position or should have seen something (if they didn't) is probably a different conversation and we'd need better video and more context about the flow of the game, etc.

I can't see any way a ref that would be officiating a playoff game at that level (this was two games out from the state semifinal) would watch the video we just saw and not think that an ejection was warranted, so I'm inclined to think that they missed it. I think it's obvious to everyone that he was hit, but that could have happened inadvertently as well, so if they didn't see it, I can see the hesitation to toss a kid from that type of playoff game.

Am guessing that this film was sent to the State's athletic association and some type of discipline came from it if it.

[Old School Hound]

Even if the stripe missed it, why didn't he walk over to the offender and ask him if he punched the kid in the balls? I'm sure he was hearing from a dozen people what exactly happened. Also, a nice touch how the perp was getting some glad hands from his teammates. Classy bunch of guys. Probably the coach, too.

[Cactus Jack]

Even if the stripe missed it, why didn't he walk over to the offender and ask him if he punched the kid in the balls? I'm sure he was hearing from a dozen people what exactly happened. Also, a nice touch how the perp was getting some glad hands from his teammates. Classy bunch of guys. Probably the coach, too.

Eh, I don't know what a ref asking a kid "did you punch him in the nuts?" really accomplishes in the moment if the kid chooses to lie.

Article I read said that they gave him a technical. I'm guessing that they were pretty much looking to eject him from that point on.

Not saying that the nut-shot was warranted or in any way justified but I'm wondering if there's more to this than what's in that clip. Offender's team was the much higher seed and is the one that went on to the State Final. Exaggerated flop on the push off right before that. It just seems kind of extreme for that to happen halfway through the second quarter if there's no other build up (but that could certainly be the case).

Offender's coach is definitely in the best position to remediate if he knew the refs missed something as obvious as that.

[Ky1976]

And this is the reason we parents holler at the REFS!!!!! Pathetic on kid and officials (3).

[OldFlow]

No replay needed. If you saw enough as the official to call an intentional foul there, then you saw enough to eject the player.