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Just to provide a frame of reference: at the Fort Mill vs Mauldin playoff (boys) game two years ago Ft Mill was up by two with about 5 min to go Mauldin (who had been aggressive all game long) was getting very physical and a player made a bad, you can call it dirty but I will simply call it what it was a bad foul that got him a yellow card. Problem was it was his second card, out he goes. FT Mill scores again right way now it is 3-0 game over right? Well the Mauldin players, mostly seniors decided to go out with a bang two more red cards in next two minutes. One included a Mauldin player sitting on a FT Mill player banging the Ft Mill players head into the ground. Ref called the game after third card with 3 min to go, down 3 with only 8 players and they were clearly intent on hurting/ getting FT Mill players red cards, game over.
Next time FT Mill played Mauldin, next season a FT Mill player got his collar bone broken, just a fluke or a dirty play? Those at the game called it dirty but since I was not there I will not judge it. From what I understand FT Mill will no longer schedule Mauldin for regular season games.
So, yes the players sometimes go after players to hurt them no doubt, and refs have/need to see it and control it or it will get out of hand.


Please Get your facts straight. Mauldin and Ft Mill would have played each other this year if we did not have a travel restriction on our team because of funding. There is no bad blood on this team towards Ft. Mill. Coach Chalker is a great man and I am sure he understands that the child who got hurt last year was in the normal course of play. Not a Single player on this squad played in that playoff game 2 years ago nor did this coach. I look forward to playing them in the future.



Catching up on your reading I see, posted that a month ago.
OK, I am not blaming the current team or players for what happened. The fact as I put them concerning future play were as I understood them to be based on conversation with the parents of the injured player and other players and parents on the team. The father of the player felt like his son was intentionally body slammed by the Mauldin player, he may be a little biased or have his memory a little out of whack because of the stress of that night spent in an ER with his son. Note I did not make a judgment on the play. I will let the coach make his own statement about weather he thought the play was "normal", and I think you should too.

I guess we will see about future play but since FM is moving to 3A will be less likely in future.

My bigger point was that some players do try to hurt other players. We saw it in the first game I mentioned that was what the thread was talking about at the time and the fact that ref have to take action early to prevent it. Hurst66 just posted, in another thread, some great advice for refs on how to limit it.

Last edited by The Chief; 04/29/10 08:36 PM.