UM fined $10,000 for comments following OSU game; Jim Harbaugh publically reprimanded by B1G
Just in: #B1G reprimands Jim Harbaugh for violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy, fines school $10,000. pic.twitter.com/F8UlnbyJNb
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 28, 2016
Worth every fucking penny.
Edited forum topic to appropriately reflect press release.
November 29th, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
Love this.
Repost.
Give me an address, I'll get my envelope ready.
The best thing: the stamp itself costs five times the "fee payment."
You should headline a thread w/ this. Srsly.
November 28th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
Chump change. Lets start a go fund me, pay off the $10,000 and maybe Harbaugh will match it for charity.
Hopefully Harbaugh goes on another tirade against these dick bags
November 28th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^
Can't we all just redeem our MGoPoints - we all have well more than is needed to pay the fine.
November 28th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
the B1G has a school for the blind we can donate to for future officials.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:53 PM ^
It's not over it will never be over.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:53 PM ^
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November 28th, 2016 at 4:53 PM ^
Eat shit, Big Ten.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^
Muthafuckas!
November 28th, 2016 at 6:39 PM ^
Doesnt look as much fun as swimming in 10,000, One dollar bills
November 28th, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^
November 28th, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^
Unload again, Jim. You can afford it.
November 28th, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^
on JH's salary.
He could be like Bender in the Breakfast Club. . .
"No.
So.
YES!"
November 28th, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^
Well there's another line item for Giving Blueday. Quick! Someone create a donation thermometer with a $10k target!
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
The whole idea of fining someone for criticizing poor performance is just mind-boggling.
November 28th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^
The whole idea of fining somebody making $10M a year $10K as a deterrent is even more mind-boggling.
November 28th, 2016 at 5:26 PM ^
about $37,000.
Now most college football officials do so only as a part-time vocation.
So there may be a valid argument for:
1. Taking officiating out of the control of conferences and establishing a national associaition of officials not affiliated with leagues of teams or regions.
2. Paying officials more, insulating them more from malfeasance (bias from corruption, gambling, betting, etc.)
3. Insisting on their full-time devotion to officiating work, continuous, year around, ongoing training and perfecting their skills, especially for college football games with mulit-million dollar outcomes at stake.
Officiating was a huge problem in 2015 college football too:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/referees-how-to-repair-c…
November 28th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
Officials cannot be criticized because they are officials. If their fuck-ups are not respected by coaches, players and fans, then the whole facade of not being a money-grabbing casino operation is lost.
Jim Harbaugh is not the first college football coach to rage quit the edict forbidding criticism of officials.
Urban Meyer @Florida $30K
http://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4629318
Mike Leach, Washington St. $10K
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/10/21/washington-states…
Jimbo Fisher, FSU $20K
http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/acc-fines-florida-state-…
Pat Narduzzi, Pitt $10K
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11392857-74/acc-coach-narduzzi
Mike McIntyre, Colorado $10K
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-in-this-oct.-4-2014-photo-co-2…
Brian Polian, Nevada $10K
http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/nevada-coach-fined-10k-2-unsports…
Bill Mallory (1991, Indiana - $10K after Michigan loss)
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-31/sports/sp-799_1_college-football
James Franklin Penn State ($0K)
Almost
http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-explains-officia…
College football officiating needs to be nationalized, as the athletic conferences cannot handle it professionally. They handle officiating just like they handle criminal investigations. Poorly and incompetently.
Research indicates high levels of variation and bias in referee calls by conference, especially ACC and Big East conferences.
A national, full-time college football officials association would not eliminate bias, but it would level the field nationally and set guidelines for contentious rivalry games to go the extra mile to eliminate bias.
November 28th, 2016 at 8:23 PM ^
Surprised Mike Leach makes this list only once.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
will gladly write that check and not care. I'm glad he said what he did as it needed to be said. We were jobbed and he let everyone know what he thought.
Now UM needs to back up it's coach and file a complaint with the B1G over the officials for that game!
November 28th, 2016 at 6:39 PM ^
I'm sure you didn't mean it as such, but in order to spare you (and anyone else reading this) from potential embarrassement: "jobbed" is an anti-semetic term. It comes from the Book of Job, which is all about a man experiencing a lot of unfair things through no fault of his own. It has historically been used against Jewish people. In more modern times, people have used it more generically, but if you were to use the term in front of a Jewish person, there's a fair chance he or she would feel uncomfortable.
November 28th, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
Thanks. Not a term I use, but good to know nevertheless.
November 28th, 2016 at 7:12 PM ^
November 29th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
interesting.
Thanks everyone for the insights. Will avoid the term, just in case, but not worry about it too much. The history / contexts are helpful.
November 29th, 2016 at 10:56 AM ^
andrewgr must be a member of the PC police .... c'mon dude, it's a fucking expression of getting ripped off !!! Jesus, please save us from these fucking idiots !!!
Go Blue!
November 28th, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^
That little kid hasn't aged a day since 2002.
Also: #FreeHarbaugh
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
Fuck Jim Delaney that spineless piece of shit.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
Extremely worth it at ten times the price.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
Hopefully it was delivered with some self reflection.
Who am I kidding?
November 28th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
Poor Jim.
November 28th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
November 28th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
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November 28th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
He should offer to pay double the fine if anyone at the B1G office will explain publically why those particular officials were chosen for the game Saturday.
November 28th, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
I've been listening to national sports talk radio since 6am today. Nationally, this issue has not yet come up on anything I listened to today. The big item is the "spot" and next popular is that "we had our chances and didn't get it done". It's sad that this issue of Officiating malpractice with this conflict of interest is not a more popular national news item.
November 28th, 2016 at 7:27 PM ^
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November 28th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
Can Harbaugh please send his payment to the Big Ten office in $10,000.00 worth of pennies?
November 28th, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
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November 28th, 2016 at 9:09 PM ^
$10,000.00 in yellow hankies so the refs don't have any excuses to not have them and use them
November 28th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
They've gotta off set the cost of Rutgers somehow.......
November 28th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
November 28th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
When neutral parties are weighing in on how bad it was, can the conference just dismiss it and pretend like nothing happened?! The Big Ten scheduled to ref The Game an official they fired for incompetence and one previously barred from officiating The Game for fears of even the appearance he'd lack objectivity. How the hell does that even happen?!
November 28th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
November 28th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
I would absolutely LOVE it if Harbaugh actually held a presser to respond to this fine, called the Big Ten for what it is - a corrupt, incompetent conference that does little more than prop up OSU in every way possible - dropped a check for $100k made out to the Big Ten on the table and said "once you figure out how much to fine me for this conference, you know where to send the change."
Seriously, Fuck Jim Delaney, his incompetent / biased refs and the whole conference. If Delaney had a shred of class, he would concede that the refs were not up to par for the biggest camge of the year, apologize to Michigan, lobby like hell for us to be in the playoffs and apologize.