If there was ever a penalty that the coach won't get mad about it is most likely the below one. Huff Post breaks it down:
A high school football player’s tribute to a deceased friend in last Friday’s season opener may have cost his team the game. After Louisville High School receiver Alex Schooley scored the go-ahead touchdown to put his team up 26-24 with 1:15 left in the game against Walsh Jesuit in Ohio, he pointed to the sky as a tribute to a close friend who died in a car accident last week.
The referee, however, threw a flag after in the middle of the gesture and penalized Schooley for excessive celebration, giving Walsh Jesuit excellent field position. They drove down the field and scored a 29-yard field goal to win the game.
As you can imagine this has caused quite a stir in the town, yet the league stands by the statement saying that the correct call was made because ”any prolonged gesture that draws attention to himself is a foul". Regardless of the penalty during the game, this isn’t a great look for the league.
Thatis truly ridiculous. I could see it if all the team did it. It js just a show of respect to his friend. Some of these refs are just getting stupid with these calls. I hope the other team are proud of the win gave to them by this ref
This is just plain stupid on the part of the official. The young man was just paying respect to his late friend. Hey Ref, what is so wrong with that? Well, maybe the ref is blind and can't tell which finger the young man raised and Ref thought it was another finger. The ref should be told that a game where he needs to SEE is no game for him to be officiating.
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