Carter forfeits soccer victory
Give Carter athletic director Joe Paluba credit for showing enough integrity to turn his own boys' soccer team into CIF-SS on a violation.
It all began last Wednesday, Carter coach Nick Anderson said, when a Carter player joked to an official before the Eisenhower game about giving him $200 to call things the Lions' way. It was obviously a joke, but the official took a dim view of it and gave the player a red card (ejection). That means he could not play that game, nor the following game, according to CIF rules.
The player then showed up in the stands at Carter's following game on Friday against rival Rialto, a 4-1 Carter upset victory. Paluba told the kid to go home and then the Carter A.D. reported the violation to Rialto and to CIF.
Anderson said Rialto didn't ask for the forfeit victory, but Paluba felt compelled to report the violation to CIF anyway. Paluba was not immediately available for comment.
As a result, Carter will forfeit its victory to Rialto, CIF assistant commissioner Scott Raftery told the Prep-dog this afternoon.
"They didn't follow what they were supposed to do, so they have to forfeit the next contest," Raftery said.
That means more to Rialto since it is battling Fontana and Redlands East Valley for the Citrus Belt League championship. Also, the player still had to serve his one-game suspension because - by showing up as a fan at the Rialto game - he was technically present, Raftery said.
So the player, a starter, also didn't play on Wednesday at Miller. In all, he had to sit out three games - a steep price to play for one untimely quip.
Ok this shows the CIF and Raferty are a bunch of idiots! Or ummm who else is to blame? Could not the coach and or Paluba forced the kid out of the stadium? Why punish the rest of the team for the actions of another. I would quit on my AD right then and there for turning my team in! Shame on CIF for upholding this! Shame on the Carter Admin for allowing him to be at the game.. Heres an interesting though? What does a coach do if they are playing at an away tournament and a player gets a red card in the first game? He cant go home, the coach has to be responsible for the player, so does the team have to forfeit the second game due to the fact the player is still in attendance? How is it that Basketball players are allowed to be in the stands when they are ejected? Why does soccer always get harsher penalties then other sports in CIF? What are we teaching the players?