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I guess the people who were righteously indignant that he was initially charged under a felony statute are feeling a little sheepish at this point. He was basically allowed to plead it down to a low 6-figure fine.

It long predates either of these greats of both silver screen and gridiron, but the best movie/football player of all time is Oliver “Spearchucker” Jones of MASH fame. Played by none other than Fred “Hammer” Williamson in the movie. Spearchucker would have wasted both of those punks in nothing flat. https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Harmon_"Spearchucker"_Jones?file=Spearchucker-pilot.jpg

There is already a well-established body of law that deals with this type of situation. It’s called “product liability.” There is a huge body of case law, supplemented by statutes in many states, describing the process of making a legal claim against a manufacturer of a product that was defective and made unreasonably dangerous by the defect, resulting in harm to a user or consumer. There’s really nothing new here.

All I can say is “beware the Law of Unintended Consequences.”

Impose a huge tax on skinhead haircuts? Outlaw white sheets?

A little birdie told me that the IFCA has developed a “mercy rule” proposal that will, in all likelihood, be ready for implementation this Fall. Coaches, what say you?

No doubt CG’s schedule is a killer. But going on the road to Warren is one thing. But a road trip to Cincinnati is another, let alone 3 of them.

Man, that is harsh. Nobody needs to be in the meat grinder every week. That would be just stupid, especially in a state like Indiana, where the regular season means very little. Be nice to arrive at tournament time with at least some healthy players.

I don’t even know where Springville is. But this seems like something @StinkTownClown would be all over.

Well, lawyers have mortgage payments, too. 😅😂🤣

So, if this passes, will it replace the current “success factor” system, or will both remain in effect?

Stage IV pancreatic cancer. If I were him, I'd eat all of my Easter candy now.

This, in a nutshell, is the “global warming” issue for me. The Al Gore disciples, and their ilk, primarily use a “misdirection” argument to support their position. They trot out lots of statistics about temperatures in the Arctic and polar bears swimming in open water. There’s no denying it’s getting warmer. But, in my mind, the link between that and human activity is what is missing. Simply showing that temperatures are on the rise is meaningless, as there have been innumerable such cycles in the earth’s history.

“A back is any A player who has no part of his body breaking the plane of an imaginary line drawn ­parallel to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the nearest teammate who is legally on the line, except for the player under the snapper, who is also considered a back.”

Plato wrote that the best form of government was a “benevolent dictatorship.”

Rule 3-4-6 provides: “When a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally, the referee shall order the clock started or stopped.” 1-3-6 seems to restrict the definition of “clock” to the game clock, and not to include the play clock. Does R have the authority under 3-4-6 to manipulate the play clock to “do justice?”

Any officials who answer this question should also address the potential impact of Rule 3-4-6.

Here’s one that’s making the rounds nationally, now that the 40 second play clock is nationwide. Team B is trailing 20-21 late in the 4th period. Team B has no timeouts left. It is Team A ball 3rd and 5 from their own 5 yard line. Team A runs a play and is tackled in bounds, when the ball becomes dead there is :39 seconds on the play clock. At :35 seconds the Back Judge stops the clock because of a Team B player's helmet off or a Team B injury. What’s the play clock situation, and if we don’t like it, what can we do about it?

Cooley, affiliated with Western Michigan, is basically a part-time law school. It’s current 1st year class numbers 541, but only 37 of them are full time. The LSAT scores for its students basically show 1/3 of the class in the top 25% of national LSAT scores, 1/3 at the 50th percentile, and 1/3 in the 75th percentile.

Bingo! Right on the nose!

North Carolina has taken some drastic steps to try and retain officials. Would these steps work in Indiana? I don’t think so. But I’d like to hear what others think. Then, I’ll tell you why I don’t think it will work in Indiana under our present system. But I bet the officials on here can guess what I’m going to say. https://www.referee.com/when-a-state-draws-the-line-on-sportsmanship/

Oh, I thought you meant “white people” involved in this incident.

I guess I haven’t followed this story closely enough. Who are these “others?”

Kraft issues an unconditional denial that there was “any illegal act.” The cops say they have a video of “the acts.” Who’s telling the truth? Actually, they might both be. A sex act with a consenting adult is not illegal. It only becomes a crime when there is payment, or promise of payment, for the sex act. So, unless the payment or offer of payment is also on video, as opposed to the act alone, the defense will be “I paid for a massage, and the sex was gratuitous.” If the posted price for a massage was, for example, $60, and they can show he paid $250. Well, that’s quite a tip. But if it’s just Kraft’s word against that of the masseuse, who is undoubtedly going to testify as part of a deal with the prosecution, it becomes a credibility contest.

That would make sense, since the basis of the crime is the unnecessary diversion of police resources in investigating a crime that didn’t happen. Felonies generally require more resources to investigate than misdemeanors.