Pollard needs to just start shutting up. If he pulls this crap with Hoiberg, I'm not going to be happy.
STATEMENT FROM BIG 12 ON JAMIE POLLARD
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Adding an eighth man makes placing the ball and being ready for the next play faster. Less time needed for the placing ref to get back into play position.
IIRC, each Big 12 school had to pay something like $20k for the extra official, so I could see why ISU would vote against this.
I think the take away from reading between the lines is that Pollard thinks we get unfair officiating treatment because we didn't tow the company line with the rest of the conference related to adding an official.
Seems plausible, but could also just be coincidental.
Personally I'm glad Pollard said something. We've gotten hosed over so many times and I've always wished that our leadership would have stood up more and said something about it.
Seems plausible, but could also just be coincidental.
Personally I'm glad Pollard said something. We've gotten hosed over so many times and I've always wished that our leadership would have stood up more and said something about it.
Yes because officials would NEVER target anyone... Ever...
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...vestigated-for-targeting-arizonas-sean-miller
Pretty sure it was so the eighth official could get the ball spotted quicker and thus letting offenses speed up their tempo
The big 12 is a joke. They confirmed their incompetence when they removed the controversial call from their website. Good news is that all eyes are on them now. I also agree with the previous post, "Those with nothing to hide, hide nothing." Why wouldn't they explain the indisputable evidence if it is undesputable.
Correct. Adding an 8th official to speed up the process of spotting the ball between plays was put in by the Big XII to accommodate the teams that run the fast paced spread offenses. Not every team in the Big XII runs a fast paced spread offense... so it certainly seems like adding an 8th official directly benefits and gives an extra advantage to the fast paced spread teams while directly hurting those teams that do not run that style of offense (K-State, Iowa State, Kansas) How strange... the 3 northern teams from the old Big XII North division. Hmmm.... ??????
They were brought in to help spot ball for no huddle offenses. I believe they trialed it for a year and then made it official last year.
Wait hold up... We were against adding an eighth official and now they're targeting us for it? Can I just go back to not knowing what it was?
No, Pollard is trolling us all by making us look like whiny crybabies. I thought maybe there would be substance to this whole vote thing, but THIS is it? Come on--how pathetic.
Walt Anderson was pretty passionate about having the extra official if you go back and look at his comments. I could see where he would be mad at the lone school who voted against this.
So...if you're not happy, you are going to make life miserable for everybody else on CF? Or is there some other reason why I should care about your happiness?
Needs to start shutting up? This is the first time he's said something. Pulls this crap with Hoiberg? What the hell are you talking about? Do you know?
While "all eyes are on them now," it won't matter. I'm not even seeing this on ESPN yet. It won't become a bigger story than "ISU AD fined $25k" that's why the Big 12 statements was so brief. Issue the fine and let the matter evaporate.
