Miss Direction

Before break, the winter intramurals ended. It was said to have been kicked off "under Coach Webb's direction" and it's that phrase i'd like to take a look at

I've played three intramural sports: Soccer, Water Polo, and Flag Football and in each of them the referees sucked. Soccer refs were invisible because the players knew more about the game then they did. Polo is the only sport to boast one decent ref. I wont name names, but we're Luckey to have him. In polo, I've seen players mount anothers' tube without being called and the ball being held under water with both hands for at least 5 seconds before being called a foul on a player who knocked it out of their hands. If that's not proposterous to you, its illegal to hold it underwater and to hold it with both hands for more than 3 seconds, both of which were ignored to make the call.

In football, my team lost to the Ligers on a last second play. It was a fade to the left corner of the endzone with only a few seconds left. The corner fell down and the receiver made the catch. However, it was ruled that the corner fell down because of a push off and the receiver caught the ball out of bounds anyways. It should've meant that out team moved on. Instead, we were victims of Coach Webb's "direction". The referee on the opposite side of the field reversed both calls to give them the touchdown. To put it in perspective, that is never done in any sport on any level in any time frame of history

I emailed Webb hoping that he'd overturn this obvious oversight error. He didn't feel like it. I emailed him again saying that i'd rather not have the answer to the question "Why is my team no longer in the playoffs?" answered by "The Intramural Director was apathetic." Instead of doing the right thing and making the right call, I was banned from intramurals until I knew who was boss.

Those value-laden posters in the gym? To Webb they must be BS because he neglected each of them in choosing a feeling of power over a fair call. If the intramurals are indeed under his direction they need a new one. If he's not directing the intramurals and the failures aren't his fault they need a new director anyways, one who will do their job.

I'm no longer allowed to play intramurals because I asked for Justice. Justice would be a good place to start in finding a competent human being to make intramurals respectable again.