I think we are all in agreement on this one. A horrible solution, just horrible.

 

I have been on both ends of a major blowout before. No fun on either end really. If you get blown out you feel horrible. Winning so big that it almost looks vulgar is also a big letdown. They are no fun, but this ain't gonna fix it.

Maybe the coach who gets beat by more than 50 should be suspended for the following week too. LOL

Maybe the coach who gets beat by more than 50 should be suspended for the following week too. LOL

 

Yet, another option! :laugh:

 

I like the way you're thinking!

Of course, who was the last Connecticut high school football powerhouse you heard of?

 

That's what I thought.

I don't agree with running up the score, ever, but this is a terrible rule. Maybe they should suspend the winning and losing coach.

I think that Connecticut should just stop keeping score in football. Just let the referees decide who played the best at the end of the game. The winning team would get a "W" and the losing team would get half of a "W" (a "V"). At the end of the season, even a team that lost all of its games would have accumulated enough W's to claim a .500 record. Problem solved.

36 comments...none in favor of the rule. Make it 37 that Connecticut clearly has it wrong, especially when there are several better options already tested by other states that they could choose from. I can't explain any good that comes from such a rule.

I think that Connecticut should just stop keeping score in football. Just let the referees decide who played the best at the end of the game. The winning team would get a "W" and the losing team would get half of a "W" (a "V"). At the end of the season, even a team that lost all of its games would have accumulated enough W's to claim a .500 record. Problem solved.

 

I don't think the refs should make a value judgment about who played better. Just let them play for an hour or so and give both teams a certificate of participation.

I think this topic shouldn't even be discussed and waste people's time. It is so ridiculous.

I've played High School ball, college ball, and covered countless games over 25-plus years in radio.

This is--bar none--the most ridiculous rule I've ever heard of.

 

Three words for Connecticut coaches---

 

LEARN TO TACKLE!

I wonder if they have a similar rule for soccer? Or better yet, GIRLS BASKETBALL (EASILY the sport with the most lopsided score differentials)!?

 

What about this for Connecticut...

 

Revise your scoring system to make it like soccer...make a TD worth only ONE point (might as well cut out those pesky field goals and safeties -- I know that's not "real football," but what they're looking to do isn't EITHER!).

 

Then, when little Johnny-Got-My-Feelings-Hurt gets beat by 6 TDs, his mommy can tell him, "it's not that bad; you just lost by 6 points, honey-wunny!"

I wonder if they have a similar rule for soccer? Or better yet, GIRLS BASKETBALL (EASILY the sport with the most lopsided score differentials)!?

 

What about this for Connecticut...

 

Revise your scoring system to make it like soccer...make a TD worth only ONE point (might as well cut out those pesky field goals and safeties -- I know that's not "real football," but what they're looking to do isn't EITHER!).

 

Then, when little Johnny-Got-My-Feelings-Hurt gets beat by 6 TDs, his mommy can tell him, "it's not that bad; you just lost by 6 points, honey-wunny!"

:thumb:

Dale wouldnt be able to coach in that state....

This rule might be alright for the non-district games. Though when the district game's come and even the playoff's this rule will really be a blow to the team if the coach get's suspended.

 

Give it to the power's that be to make a decision like this......It never fail's

Well…permit me to play the role of the contrarian. I believe that the rule Connecticut implemented is to keep coaches who will act like jerks from running up the score. Permit me to give examples of what I believe Connecticut is attempting to avert.

 

1. Team A is leading team B 34-14 with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter of the state championship game. The coach of Team A keeps his first stringers in the game in an attempt to score again. What on earth is the purpose of this? Who on earth does it benefit? The second stringers on Team A, who practiced in the blazing sun during August and shivered in the cold of November do not even get in the state championship game. The team that is being blown out is further humiliated.

2. Team A is leading team B 60-0 in a playoff game. It is early in the fourth quarter and Team A keeps its starters in. Does the coach put in bench players? Does he run the ball? Does he punt on third down? Does he have his team take a knee? Of course not, he is too busy sending in deep passing plays.

 

I have attended both games listed above and watched with disgust the late stages of the game. I am as red-blooded as the next guy, and I understand that football is a tough, brutal game. But really, this classless, boorish behavior is a stain on a great game. I really don’t know how to implement a rule penalizing teams that run up scores. Of course I agree with the sentiments expressed above when a team puts in bench players. It is improper to instruct a youngster not to perform at his highest possible level. But what I object to, and what I believe the Connecticut rule was meant to avoid is keeping 1st stringers in and mercilessly drubbing a hapless opponent. For the last three years I have watched one of the big 4A schools in Jefferson County play a hapless opponent. In each time, that school opens the game with its first string and the first stringers play their best. Once the score indicates that the game is out of reach (say 35-0 in the second quarter) then the second string comes in for this team and later the third string. Even though it is regrettable that one team is so vastly superior to the other team, these teams have to play because of district pairings. However, the dominant team wins in as classy a manner as possible. And, occasionally the score has exceeded the 50 point victory margin. I assume that no one would wish the winning team to be penalized in this type of game. However, if a penalty could be fashioned to punish coaches for keeping in first stringers and running up the score, I would not oppose it.