Video: Mt. San Antonio College football player arrested after punching a referee

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A Mt. San Antonio College football player was arrested after allegedly punching a referee during a football game against Ventura College on Saturday night, the Ventura County Star reported while also posting updates on its twitter feed.
The Ventura County Star tweeted video of the punch, and announcers broadcasting the game for socalcollegesports.com, couldn’t believe what they witnessed.
“The ref just got punched in the face by a player,” the broadcaster said. “What? I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life.”
The Ventura County Star reported that Mt. SAC offensive lineman Bernard Schirmer was arrested following the game and taken to jail.
Mt. San Antonio college’s football Twitter posted Sunday morning that the punch was unintentional and the referee decided not to press charges. “For those of you unable to attend the game last night, the athlete involved did not intentionally attack the referee,” it read. “The referee was accidentally struck during the scrum while pulling the players off. The referee has decided not to press charges knowing Bernard Schirmer did not intend to hit him.”
Even if Schirmer doesn’t face charges, he could possibly face a significant ban for throwing a punch that intentionally or not, knocked a referee to the ground.
The two schools finished the game, with Ventura defeating Mt. SAC, ranked No. 1 in the country by JC.com, 34-29.

What the Mt. SAC football Twitter Account posted, then quickly removed.
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