I was at the Iberia-Richland soccer game this afternoon. It was a very rough game with a lot of fouls and people were hitting the ground a lot. The refs were doing a good job of officiating the contest. The tempers started to show and cowards the end of the game they showed. A Richland player Jeremy Potterfield and Iberia's Chris Cooke both got into it physically. The ref gave h players the red card, ejecting them both from the game. (Which I think was the Right call) The Richland player as he was walking off the field turned toward the ref and flipped him the bird. He also directed an F-bomb toward the ref loud enough for me to hear. (I was at midfield) This all happened 20 feet from the Iberia bench. It first I believed this Richland player was doing this to the Iberia player but he was already on the bench.
I know that Mr. Fields (Iberia's Principal) and the ref both are going to send letters to MSHSAA about this incident. This is the worst showing of sportsmanship that I have ever seen in my dealings with the Frisco League. I would hope that the Richland administration would have the class to suspend this player indefinitely. This took away from the integrity of this well played game. I know that If this kid played for me he would never play ever agian.
What does everybody else think about this poor decision? I think that this young man should be suspended from any MSHSAA activities for the rest of the year. That was a poor display and the worst part is that there was little kids at the game that had to witness that.
I know that Mr. Fields (Iberia's Principal) and the ref both are going to send letters to MSHSAA about this incident. This is the worst showing of sportsmanship that I have ever seen in my dealings with the Frisco League. I would hope that the Richland administration would have the class to suspend this player indefinitely. This took away from the integrity of this well played game. I know that If this kid played for me he would never play ever agian.
What does everybody else think about this poor decision? I think that this young man should be suspended from any MSHSAA activities for the rest of the year. That was a poor display and the worst part is that there was little kids at the game that had to witness that.
