France's Fifth Down

[Jim Hyla]

All over soccer fans are talking about the way France beat Ireland on a hand pass. See here. I think it's time for France to pull a fifth down and ask for a replay, otherwise can you imagine the fans at the World Cup?::cuss::or::flipd::

[KeithK]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

[jtwcornell91]

It sucks that they qualified on a blown call, and I would much rather see Ireland in the World Cup than France, but those are the breaks.  It's not like the refs misinterpred the rules.

[Jim Hyla]

It sucks that they qualified on a blown call, and I would much rather see Ireland in the World Cup than France, but those are the breaks.  It's not like the refs misinterpreted the rules.

FYP
That's true, but neither did the officials with us misinterpret the rules. They forgot to change the down. They missed a play and we admitted it. France could do the same.

[Trotsky]

It's holding the door for the person who is that awkward number of extra strides away: you're not morally obligated, but it reflects well on you if you do it.

(Categorical imperatives are for the birds.)

[ugarte]

I don't know about a replay; they should probably go right to a shootout - give Ireland credit for getting to the crapshoot stage and let the crapshoot begin.

[Josh '99]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

[ugarte]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

[Roy 82]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

Unfortunately, the answer to your rhetorical question is
"More people than all of the fans that will ever care about Cornell Hockey from the Big Bang until the heat death of the universe."

[Swampy]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

[Jim Hyla]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

Well, the player who did the hand touch has already said they should.

[Jacob '06]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

Well, the player who did the hand touch has already said they should.

After they decided they wouldn't of course.

[Jim Hyla]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

Well, the player who did the hand touch has already said they should.

After they decided they wouldn't of course.

Have you heard anything from France? All I've heard was that the governing body said they cannot set aside the game, since refs mistakes can't be overturned. But France could still say they won't except the victory, and won't go on in the World Cup. With that, they Soccer Assoc. might have to give in.

[Josh '99]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

Well, the player who did the hand touch has already said they should.

After they decided they wouldn't of course.

Have you heard anything from France? All I've heard was that the governing body said they cannot set aside the game, since refs mistakes can't be overturned. But France could still say they won't except the victory, and won't go on in the World Cup. With that, they Soccer Assoc. might have to give in.

I think people are coming down awfully hard on France here simply because it's trendy to bash on France.  They're not the first team to benefit from an officiating error and they won't be the last, theirs just happens to have been in a high-importance situation.  You can't go back and allow a replay now, when you wouldn't in countless other situations, simply because of in what match, and when in the match, this occurred.

[Jim Hyla]

How about a third choice: "Who cares, it's only soccer". :-P

There's a wrestling discussion going on in one of the other threads and you're saying this about the World Cup?  ::wtf::

CORNELL Wrestling, you infidel.

But in the context of a "fifth down," it is very apropos Cornell. D'ya think France will have as much class as we did?::cheer::

Well, the player who did the hand touch has already said they should.

After they decided they wouldn't of course.

Have you heard anything from France? All I've heard was that the governing body said they cannot set aside the game, since refs mistakes can't be overturned. But France could still say they won't except the victory, and won't go on in the World Cup. With that, they Soccer Assoc. might have to give in.

I think people are coming down awfully hard on France here simply because it's trendy to bash on France.  They're not the first team to benefit from an officiating error and they won't be the last, theirs just happens to have been in a high-importance situation.  You can't go back and allow a replay now, when you wouldn't in countless other situations, simply because of in what match, and when in the match, this occurred.

And why, perchance, can't you allow a replay. The player who did it thinks they should, if the country said they wouldn't accept the outcome and wouldn't play on, then what. I don't like these, you can't because that's the rule. This is not a court of law, it's a game for heaven's sake, no one's going to jail. If both sides want to replay, I'm sure it could be worked out. Now the French Football Assoc. may not want to, but that's a different idea.