http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KzThMLSB44&NR=1 A little mocking of Cal on national TV. The video I posted earlier now has approx 80,000 hits. The Pac 10 reports they are looking into the issue. Stay tuned...
God I hope they do something about it. This is cheating, any way you slice it. Canzano was saying the Ducks are breaking the rules too because they do the hurry up and it doesn't allow the replay officials to see the replay, but that doesn't even come close to this kind of cheating.
There is only one thing to do about it, and that is extend the ammount of time a player has to stay out of the game if the clock stops for that player because of injury. My proposal is for said player to sit out the remainder of the series, to the end of a quarter or until either team calls timeout. That way the NCAA can still say it has the players best interests at heart, but make it a harder choice for a coach to make regarding faking injuries. It's also not too long, so that the player wouldn't come out if really hurt.
My biggest concern is that Cal is treating player injuries as a joke. They are sending players back into games without any real assessment of what may be wrong with them. We all realize that they were faking, but what if a Cal player is really injured and says he has a cramp, the Cal staff doesn't really check on him, and 30 seconds later the player is back in the game and exacerbates his real and potentially serious injury? This is what the Pac 10 should be looking into, IMO. Player safety in how the Cal training staff is looking at 'injured' players, not some cowardly coaching strategy. Oh, and Jeff Tedford is completely overrated. The guy has had so much talent, and not a single BCS bowl appearance, and now he is reduced to an injury gimmick. I can't wait for the game at Autzen next year, if Tedford still has a job.
In college football, the replay official can buzz the ref at any point. They don't have to see a replay first. They can buzz the official immediately after watching the play live. Canzano...
Well, at least this guy wasn't faking it. Check it out at 1:06: [video=youtube;a5VdHJJnxa0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5VdHJJnxa0[/video]
I've been thinking about this for a while... What if injury timeouts were handled in a similar way that challenges are. If a player is injured, he can come back only if a timeout is used. You also have one "red" or extra TO to use to send in a player who had a little ding. I dunno...
the other video of the #40 fake now has 154,000+ hits... this stuff is getting out there and hopefully won't be ignored STOMP
Just have it that an injured player must be out the rest of the series, of even 2 series before he can return. Then that stops a lot of it. Having a random freshman come in and fake an injury won't be taken care of, but then the refs can clearly see it, and after the game, the Pac-10 can fine the school or whatever they do.
