{"id":82485,"date":"2019-05-06T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=82485"},"modified":"2023-02-17T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:05:22","slug":"bad-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/bad-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of\u00a0RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you watch any sporting event anymore with other people, the topic of bad officiating\u00a0cannot be avoided. It has reared its ugly head in the NFL<\/a>, the NBA<\/a>, college basketball\u00a0and, now even horse racing.<\/p>\n

Let me confess up front that I know very little about horse racing. I did, occasionally,\u00a0over the years go to the track for dinner and a night of very minor betting. It was just a\u00a0night out. I have never studied the horses. My betting and knowledge is based on\u00a0virtually nothing but whim.\u00a0 In fact, the first time my wife and I went to the races with other couples, we decided to\u00a0bet every other race; my wife would pick a winner for one race and I would pick a winner
\nfor the next race. We each threw in a whopping $2.00 per race.<\/p>\n

I remember winning a few bucks. For my wife\u2019s last bet she picked a horse who was a\u00a040-1 shot to win. I would always place the bet for her and as I headed toward the\u00a0window, I felt by placing that bet I would just be throwing $2.00 away. So, without\u00a0telling her, I bet a different horse to win.\u00a0\u00a0Her horse won! She thought she had won $80.00 on her $2.00 bet. I had to tell her she\u00a0did not because I messed up. It was not pretty. Suffice it to say, I would not do that\u00a0again.\u00a0 Lesson learned. I know no more to this day about the sport, but like many\u00a0ignorant fans, I still have an opinion.<\/p>\n

I watched the Kentucky Derby<\/a> on Saturday. I was both fascinated and confused.\u00a0\u00a0Fascinated by the turn of events and confused by the controversy. It was somewhat\u00a0obvious that Maximum Security did move out to his right, but it was just as obvious that\u00a0that movement, no matter what the cause, did not affect the winning horse, Country\u00a0House, at all. In other words, the horse that won was not impeded by the horse that was\u00a0disqualified. The horses that were affected finished back in the pack and it appeared they\u00a0would have finished that way anyway.<\/p>\n

To me (remember I know nothing about horse racing), it would be hard not to have some\u00a0bumping. I\u2019ve read that this race has the largest number of competitors (20) of any race\u00a0and I have seen it described as \u201cdemolition derby\u201d. It appears to this viewer that the\u00a0penalty here did not fit the \u201ccrime\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0For the first time in 145 runnings, a winner was disqualified. A winner was denied the $3\u00a0million purse. A new winner was declared. That horse was never fouled the entire race.
\nIt appeared to me that this was just another case of bad officiating. This was the non-interference call that cost New Orleans<\/a> a win in the NFL playoffs. This was a missed call at the end of almost every NBA playoff game. This was the biggest of all horse races with 150,000 people in attendance. This was another bad call.<\/p>\n

ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The payouts for the Derby were as follows:
    \nFirst Place – Country House:\u00a0$132.40 (Win), $56.60 (Place), $24.60 (Show)
    \nSecond Place – Code of Honor:\u00a0$15.20 (Place), $9.80 (Show)
    \nThird Place – Tacitus:\u00a0$5.60 (Show)
    \nThe $2.00 Exacta paid a whopping $3,009.60<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0Jordan Hicks, a closer for the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>, has thrown the 20 fastest\u00a0pitches in the major leagues this year. His fastest pitch was 104.2 mph.\u00a0\u00a0Aroldis Chapman has recorded a 105.1 mph fastball which seems to be the
    \naccepted record.<\/li>\n
  3. Max Homa won his first PGA<\/a> tournament on Sunday at the Wells Fargo\u00a0Championship<\/a>. He won $1.4 million. His father, John Homa, went to high\u00a0school at Marian Catholic<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. I know that Jeopardy<\/a> is not a sport, but it is a contest. And right now, it is\u00a0worth watching. James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las\u00a0Vegas, has won 22 games and $1,691,008. He averages $76,864 won for each
    \nshow, a record. He is in second place for most consecutive wins and total\u00a0money won. Ken Jennings won 74 times and $2.5 million. He has a two-week break now before returning on May 20. His style is different and
    \nexasperating to his opponents. Set your DVR.<\/li>\n
  5. The EPC playoffs start next week. RCN-TV will have the semifinals (5\/14)\u00a0and the championship (5\/15) LIVE next week. The games will be played at\u00a0DeSales University<\/a>\u00a0for the first time. Join us.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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