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Suspension rules beefed up for Ky. athletes, coaches
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Stardust Wrote:The suspension list on KHSAA represents number from both the 2010 and 2011 seasons, so this is two years of data.

628 total ejections

152 Coach ejections (since this is not about coaches, this leaves 676 Player ejections)

244 - Fighting ejections
76 - Automatic Rules ejections (example: not sliding into a base)
1 - Spitting

That's 321 ejections with no objectivity of the umpire, referee or officials judgement, these are legit ejections with no bias

I have no clue what a Red Card is in soccer or how you get one, but that is virtually all of the rest of the ejections.

So, I still ask the question of whether this is a problem in the sports where everyone thinks that a player will lose 20% of their season? In football, Players were ejected 206 times for fighting! Is it not justified to lose your season for not controlling your temper! A lot of schools have zero tolerance in their athletes handbook for fighting, thus, my guess is that the suspension did not affect those kids at all, because they were expelled from the sport all-together


Your point is perfect - when a fight occurs the penalty should be stiff - 2 games is very stiff and likely fitting for those actions. THAT IS NOT the problem here. What we have today is an environment where kids compete in an aggressive sport with NO CONSISTENCY around what could cost them 2 games. And the hard reality is it is unlikely that consistency will ever be achieved. As such, it makes sense to NOT have a rule in place that automatically punishes every person ejected with the assumption that they committed the worst offense. There are already several (and 1 is too many) situations where players have lost 2 games for what was clearly less than a "fight" by even the most liberal definitions.

The issue of deterring a player is worth considering as well. I would challenge anyone to find a single player who would honestly say the reason he chose, in the heat of battle, not to punch the jerk who got a way with gouging his eyes or hitting him between the legs etc is "I just remembered the 2 game suspension thing"; instead its because his coach has built a culture of discipline the teaches to get your revenge legally between the whistles. So if deterrence is not achieved why have a rule that clearly is taking games away from kids who do not deserve it? The answer to that is to change this foolish rule immediately.
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Suspension rules beefed up for Ky. athletes, coaches - by Football1 - 10-19-2011, 11:48 AM

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