WAC suspends replay official for 1 game
November 5, 2009
DENVER (AP)—The Western Athletic Conference has suspended a replayofficial for one game after he failed to overturn a call in a game last weekendbetween San Jose State and Boise State.
Official Michael Goshima’s one-game suspension will go into effect thisweekend.
The suspension—the first of a WAC replay official since the NCAAimplemented instant replay in 2006—was based on a play where a runner wasruled short of a first down and Goshima’s review incorrectly upheld the rulingon the field.
The WAC said that upon further inspection, “the runner clearly made thefirst down and the call should have been reversed.”
“The WAC expects the same type of performance from our instant replaysofficials as we do from the on field officials,” Commissioner Karl Benson saidin a statement. “And while errors are going to occur both on the field and inthe replay booth when they do, there must be accountability.
“Instant replay is used to get it right on the field and in this case theofficial had a chance to reverse a call at a very critical time in the game anddid not. Thus, he will be suspended for his next assignment.”
In 2003, the WAC suspended an entire crew for a series of mistakes at theend of a game between San Jose State and Hawaii.
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