Gator
03-18-2011, 07:13 PM
Three things (actually four) make this story hilariously sad. 1) with less than 4 minutes left in the championship game, both teams were disqualified 2) The author of this story seems to believe that "some kind" of "incident" was possible BECAUSE the championship was "deliberately" competitive 3) the video of the game has been edited to exclude the brawl (how can they expect good YTube numbers without the good stuff) and finally, 4) if PWCNBN reads this, I will be accused of bashing BU.
Quotes from the story follow:
According to ESPNRise, the NCSAA title game between national powerhouse Potter's House (Fla.) Christian Academy and Riverdale Baptist (Md.) School was halted with 3:23 remaining, when both benches cleared as an argument on the court quickly expanded into a brawl, albeit a relatively tame one (no players were hurt in the fight). Because all the players who ran on to the court were disqualified for doing so, neither team could field a team after the incident, leaving referees and the NCSAA no choice but to rule the game as a rare double disqualification.
"That being said, it's clear that the NCSAA's drive to organize the most competitive tournament possible always made some kind of an in-game incident more of a possibility … if not an inevitability."
You can see a full video replay of the game, though it is edited to exclude the fight that led to the game's early conclusion.
http://tinyurl.com/4prk7ur
Quotes from the story follow:
According to ESPNRise, the NCSAA title game between national powerhouse Potter's House (Fla.) Christian Academy and Riverdale Baptist (Md.) School was halted with 3:23 remaining, when both benches cleared as an argument on the court quickly expanded into a brawl, albeit a relatively tame one (no players were hurt in the fight). Because all the players who ran on to the court were disqualified for doing so, neither team could field a team after the incident, leaving referees and the NCSAA no choice but to rule the game as a rare double disqualification.
"That being said, it's clear that the NCSAA's drive to organize the most competitive tournament possible always made some kind of an in-game incident more of a possibility … if not an inevitability."
You can see a full video replay of the game, though it is edited to exclude the fight that led to the game's early conclusion.
http://tinyurl.com/4prk7ur