[RunItUpTheGut]

Sad to see a kid lose 20% of his senior year for this. Two games is harsh for an all out fight - never mind what happened here which was simply a kid trying to get an overachiever who wanted to try to keep blocking after the played ended to get off him. Diamond swatted the kids arms off him and in doing so swatted the kids helmet. The ref ejected him with 50 seconds to go in a game that had already been decided. Diamond should not have swatted the kid but losing 2 games for that is too much. For the Panthers that is like losing 3 players since he anchors the Oline, DLine, and is one of the best kickers in KY. We went back and looked at the records. Diamond had started 39 games in since his Freshmen year and has never had so much as an Unsportsmanlike Conduct in a game.

I admire what refs do and would never want their job. But in situations like this we clearly give them too much authority with no checks or balances. I hope at some point KHSAA will reconsider this policy and only put a 2 game suspension on a player where a true fight occurred.

I completely agree. Its ridicolous, i can see one game for actual fighting and punch throwing. I know the khsaa just did this to "look" like there taking it seriously.
IMHO i think football should be totally different than baseball and basketball. It should go by quarters in football and not games. The basketball and baseball teams play 30-40 games and a 1 or 2 game suspension is justifiable.
However a kid only gets to play a guaranteed 10-11 games a year and taking one of the them away is horrific percentage wise as to what it is in the other sports. I say one half suspension for fighting. If you fight again then 1 game, and then 2 games and so on.
These are kids and of course emotions are going to run high especially in a contact sport. Its just ridicolous IMO.