High School Basketball Team Loses Playoff Game (Because Of Their Uniforms?)...

[ChefChiTown]

Teams have lost basketball games at the charity stripe. They've lost because a referee wearing black and white stripes made a bad call.

Losing partly because of a stripe on their uniforms is a little rarer.

But that's what happened before the opening tipoff Friday at the Illinois 3A state semifinal basketball game in Peoria, where referees assessed a technical foul on North Lawndale College Prep because stripes on the sides of its uniform violated a National Federation of State High School Associations rule.

Champaign Centennial's Jeff Johnson sank one of two free throws, giving the Chargers a 1-0 lead before the opening tip. Centennial also was awarded the ball to start the game. When the final buzzer had sounded, Centennial had won by one point, 66-65.

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=927371

What a SHITTY way to lose a game, but they did break the rules. It's nobody's fault but their own.

 

[assholebythedoor]

oh, how odd

 

[STDiva]

looks like they had the lead in the 4th and choked anyways.

 

[D-rock]

The rules are kind of meaningless unless they are enforced. The only part I don't like about it is the fact they started cracking down only after some uniform manufacturer complained about it, probably because they weren't buying their uniforms.

 

[Will E Worm]

The rules are kind of meaningless unless they are enforced. The only part I don't like about it is the fact they started cracking down only after some uniform manufacturer complained about it, probably because they weren't buying their uniforms.

That's probably what happened. So, the rule was because someone wasn't making money. Change the rule and let them play.

The other team didn't move on because they won ,who knows who would have won.
I wouldn't want to win like that.

 

[Skyraider22]

That is new to me I did not know that still a messed up a to lose a game must have been a good game

 

[calpoon]

If their uniforms were in violation, then they should not have been allowed to play the game.

they shouldn't have been penalized during the actual game (and continued play), which may have effected it's outcome. that doesn't make any sense.

 

[D-rock]

That's probably what happened. So, the rule was because someone wasn't making money. Change the rule and let them play.

The other team didn't move on because they won ,who knows who would have won.
I wouldn't want to win like that.

To be fair to the people who made the rule the explanation they gave for why it exist in the first place seems logical and fair. So it isn’t one of those things were it's just a dumb rule. I just thought it's pretty sad that it wasn't acted on until outside entities started complaining for their own benefit.

 

[ArabJames]

thats a bullshit rule to have to deal with in the state final

how many times did they get busted for that in season?
if they did get busted for it during the year then its legit