LOL, check this out. PB Fight during X-ball game

[FortySix&2]

Check it out. Lane Wright from the PSP went on the field to ask a camerman to leave the field. (You can't film X-Ball on the field during a match, just from the side lines. Plus he had no media pass anyways) Lane went out to ask him to leave and the guy came up swinging when Lane went to take his camera away because the guy refused to leave. The refs tackled them both when the goggles came flying off. The players had no clue as to what was going on. They finished the point and then started *****ing about the refs fighting. It's kinda funny. Anyways, go to

http://www.720video.com/images/2003/WC03/Rogue_Video.wmv

"The ref's aren't even watching the game! The ref's are wrestling on the field! What's up with that?"

"I paid $2000 for that? WTF!?"


Enjoy!

[tony3]

hahahahahah, thats great

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

thats just some messed up stuff, i would have hated to play in that game.

[yeahthatsme]

a few things...
1. if he didnt have a pass why was he let on the field?
2. if filming on the field isnt allowed then why did the refs let him on the field?
3. if goggles came off why was the game allowed to continue?

IMHO they should have stopped the game when they realised the guy shouldnt be on the field.

[Lone Wolf2]

i woulda started shootin the refs

[cphilip]

Originally posted by yeahthatsme
a few things...
1. if he didnt have a pass why was he let on the field?
2. if filming on the field isnt allowed then why did the refs let him on the field?
3. if goggles came off why was the game allowed to continue?

IMHO they should have stopped the game when they realised the guy shouldnt be on the field.

Those are all DAM good questions.

And if he was on the field before it started then why was it even started. And certainly should have stopped BEFORE the refs removed him. Once he was spotted it should have stopped right then. Not removing him while play was going on. I suspect its just never come up before so they just didn't know how to deal with it. I betcha there is a procedure and rule in place for it next time!

And I have seen Photographers on the field in X Ball games.

Also it looks to me that the Ref is having to be restraingned more at the end than the rouge Photographer. Who is that guy anyway?

[yeahthatsme]

i think the issue was that your not allowed to be ON the field, sidelines are ok. or maybe it was that he was video-taping and thats not allowed...

[elpimpo]

i bet the refs didnt know that he shouldnt be. like they didnt know about lane not alowing that. then when lane saw he was on there he tried to get him off asap. also what teams r playing

[MrMag]

that was legacy, and the other team i cant tell

[68Classic]

i bet the refs didnt know that he shouldnt be

Thats the only reasonable explination. If they couldnt tell they were cameramen, they shouldnt be refs. Just sounds like a lot of miscommunication to me.

[G-Rock]

You know, all I got to say is the ref's did the right thing by tackling the people as they lost the goggles.

That is all we need, someone with their eyes shot out in Xball right on the verge of it going on tv.

I have reffed everything from tourneys to big games. I have been a head ref, and the first thing I have told my refs is I dont care who they are, if their goggles come off, tackle them and cover those eyes, bury their face in your chest or the ground, and once you get them down start screaming to stop the game.

Now at this past Craig Village, we ran an alamo game. In this game we had one 2 story building with 30 people deefending it, and close to 180 people attacking it. I had 2 refs upstairs. In the heat of the attack, the whole first floor was full of the attacking team trying to get up on flight of stairs. A defender upstairs goggles came off, and one of the refs threw himself on the guy, and coverd him until the end of the game. Now the reason for covering him till the end of the game was because it was a wooden building, and you had close to 150 people shooting it up, you couldnt hear anything, not even the ref yelling. Almost like in the video. You cant hear the refs at all till the shooting stops.

The refs did the right job on the field. They protected the individuals. Reffing involves alot more then upholding the rules, it is also upholding safety. That ref was on top of it, he was paying attention to the game and then when he saw the mask off he was on it. Great reffing if I ever saw it.

Chris Geiger

[KornKamp02]

wow, they should have stopped the game as soon as they spotted him.

[ramennoodles]

man that was some messed up stuff, i think lane had the right intentions though.

[G-Rock]

Originally posted by cphilip
Also it looks to me that the Ref is having to be restraingned more at the end than the rouge Photographer. Who is that guy anyway?

I thought the same thing cphilip the first time i saw it, but then i watched it again and the guy they are retrainging in end is Lane Wright. it is confusing because he is wearing a red shirt like the refs.

chris geiger

[elpimpo]

Originally posted by KornKamp02
wow, they should have stopped the game as soon as they spotted him.

do you know how pissed off the teams would get if you just stopped it. i know i would try and kill the refs