soccerball27.... never did I say that Wando outright cheated. What I said and what should have happened was that time should have been added on...PERIOD. But HS rules do not allow.
Now lets talk about holding people to a higher standard... I do not agree with coach's actions on either side (more later).
There simply is no recourse in SCHSL for referee behavior/performance
1-Foul language... what is definition? I have seen players red carded for using the word "freaking", yet someone drops the F bomb and nothing. 2- Accountability, who grades the referees? Assessors? the state USSF assessor is the one who screwed up in the game, during those 80 minutes it is his job...he is getting paid for performance. In the "real world" you or I would either get fired or demoted for incompetance. What about here?
3-Some of these refs are unable to keep up with play.
Tanverdi was drawn by the hard fought game he was viewing and forgot to do his job...Period.
Coaches have started practices one day too early and they are fired, what about here?
Lastly the rules, there is a reason FIFA rules are what they are, They are tried and proven.
enough with stupid OTs in season a tie is a tie, enough with the official clock on the scoreboard (ditto in college). (By the way why was time in every game in the season kept on the field but not the championship?)
There was a major screw up one for which they had no answer (10 minutes of discussion) would you not think it incompetent? They had to bring the SCHSL people to determine the outcome.
I believe that Wando did what they had to do. Lexington had the rest of the game to do the same they did not.
But as a stated before how do you tell the player that it may not have matter, you cannot...THIS IN NO WAY MEANS THAT WANDO CHEATED....PERIOD
COACHES.... Lex's coach got carried away and should have been a better leader, When he received the yellow his point that he was not happy was made, it is at this time that his leadership should have surfaced (easy from the stands)
Wando's....She did nothing wrong(?), she subbed to slow the game (I would the same). But when player X did not report to the sideline she should have made it a point to get her off the field. Some will say she did by telling the 4th official, but this was much later than the period of time that player was on the field.
End result
1- Wando is champion ....Period 2- Lex Coach is red carded for his antics... period 3- Wando coach should have been yellow carded for unsportman behavior 4- Mr Tanverdi returns the pay he received at the field...donate it to the North/South game if you wish 5- Mr Tanverdi is stripped of his assessor level 6- The officiating crew is removed from future (next year) playoff games 7- A more severe penalty should exist for the next occurence the correct call on the field simply is not enough to prevent future occurrences. The punishement is not fit for the crime.
It is now multiple years in a row with controversy in the finals. Irmo vs S.Aiken did it cross the line?
Or better yet.... Irmo vs Dorman... did the ball cross the line before time ran out? I am willing to bet if the center referee would have added time for every time he issued a yellow card, that one second would have created a tied game....but he is not allowed to add time.
This is not football (excuse me American football)or basketball where they have more breaks than my kids need to go to the bathroom in a long trip. The game is (1) meant to be constant movement and (2) full 90 minutes (or 80 or whatever time frame)
It is a player's game not a referee's game.
And by the way.... in this day and age of wireless everything, can you really tell me that there is no way for the center to stop the scoreboard clock when necessary instead of the one second lag between time keeper and ref. Or simply do the right thing and put in his hands and he can tell the 4th official how much time he is adding on at the 2 minute mark (as is done everywhere else)
