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I respectfully disagree still. In football, you have a meeting of the referees before ejections are made. I can see one bad egg, but I just don't buy that the poor integrity lf one will be supported by all, thus, before the ejection is made others have weighed in on it. Again, I support this if it prevents just a single fight next season!

I respect your opinion and see why you hold it. I stand firmly on my own view that this rule does far more to hurt the game than help it. This rule cost the Central player 2 games and it was not a fight - refs did not huddle by the way as the White hat made the call on his own - this player is an All State college recruit who up until that game in 4 years of starting for Central had never so much as had a 15 yard penalty. This suspension may well have cost him a scholarship as now he has had to explain that to college coaches and to make matters worse it was happened off camera on 3 different films we reviewed. It cost him the memories of playing 2 games in his senior season with guys that he has been playing with since grade school. It cost him too much. I'm all for rules but when the rule blindly applies to situations where it should NEVER have been applicable you get the debacle that unfolded here. And BTW - this is only one case of others that are very similiar. I will post a link.

I detest players that show low character on the field and strongly advocate those players face stern punishment. But it is asinine to leave such a huge punishment in the hands of an official who gets to see 2 seconds of a kids behavior and who has not been provided ANY guidelines for what a fight really is. This game is played by the kids on the field and rules should advocate for them not put their very future in jeopardy as this one does. I assure you and anyone who will listen that this rule has one very vociferous opponent who will continue to contact those who can affect this until it is modified.