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May 11, 2012
'I Touched the Ball Before It Went Out, Coach': Remember when the Bears were going to win the high school basketball championship over the Eagles, but our star player Alex blew it with his honesty? A video from the the Foundation for a Better Life.
posted by rcade to basketball at 12:22 PM - 8 comments
The part they dont show is where the team beats the kid in the locker room, he becomes an outcast to his team and school, ends up a loner smoking crack to cope with the pain and blows his brains out senior year. Now that would be a video.
posted by Debo270 at 12:50 PM on May 11, 2012
...or the big-name Div I assistant coaches in the stands shaking their heads and crossing his name off their recruiting lists.
posted by Hugh Janus at 01:05 PM on May 11, 2012
I hope he eats a balanced meal. Now that was a PSA.
posted by yerfatma at 01:21 PM on May 11, 2012
Come on this commercial has been airing for at least two NCAA tournaments.
posted by phaedon at 01:24 PM on May 11, 2012
As the kid starts toward the referee, the coach says, "Good call, Alex." Judging from the expression on the coach's face, he's thinking, "Man, I better get my resume up to date. This little SOB is about to cost me my job."
This commercial, as well as several others from the Foundation for a Better Life (the annoying kid playing chopsticks at a concert comes to mind - as does the sudden idea that I really watch way too much TV) has been airing for a number of years. I used to umpire with a guy who also refereed high school basketball. I asked him what he'd do in such a situation. He said that if he were unsure of the call, he'd check with the other official, and if he agreed, then the call stood. If the other official could not make a call, then he'd stay with his decision, knowing that sooner or later there'd be something to prove him right or wrong, but that all but the most uninformed fans would understand that in the heat of the moment, you can't get them all right. When the kid approached him, he'd tell the kid exactly what he had seen, what the other referee had said, and that the call had to stand. If the kid kept after him, he'd tell the kid he was a great sportsman, but one more word would be T time.
posted by Howard_T at 02:07 PM on May 11, 2012
If the kid kept after him, he'd tell the kid he was a great sportsman, but one more word would be T time.
I can see the FOX News headline already:
"Christian boy thrown out of game for telling the truth by secular leftist referee!"
posted by grum@work at 02:36 PM on May 11, 2012
I hope he eats a balanced meal. Now that was a PSA.
posted by goddam at 02:58 PM on May 11, 2012
The ref should T the kid up for questioning his call.