SOFT Ohio lawmaker proposes law that would make it a FELONY to plant a flag in Ohio Stadium

All Activity College Football
,
1

As a die hard Ohio State fan, this is the most pathetic and embarrassing thing I have ever read. The fact that I somehow have to defend pathetic behavior like this makes it harder and harder to support this soft program.

Maybe don’t lose to a 6-5 team that’s missing two of their first round picks at home as a 3 touchdown favorite?? Have you guys tried that? Oh wait! You can’t! Because soft ass Ryan “Cryin” Day is your pathetic excuse for a head coach.

This is a pretty good breakdown of why it’s not fair to try and claim “he’s just not getting the breaks”. B.S! Watch that video if you try and defend him.

A LOSS against Georgia is now his only calling card. That and a COVID playoff win against Clemson. Other than that, he’s done NOTHING successfully at an above replacement level. Period.

My short list to replace Ryan Day:

  • Glenn Schumann (Georgia DC)
  • Will Stein (Oregon OC)
  • Josh Heupel (Tennessee HC)
  • Curt Cignetti (Indiana HC)
  • Mike Vrabel (ex-Titans HC)

It’s pretty clear that we need an SEC guy to come in and fix the toughness problem we have. Oregon has become an extension of the SEC in the B1G. Texas was also an extension of the SEC until they literally joined the conference.

Losing Jim Knowles will be tough, but if we bring in a Glenn Schumann to replace him, we should be fine.

Bottom line, the sooner we get rid of Ryan Day, the sooner we can stop trying to charge Michigan players with felonies for exposing our lack of toughness.

2 Likes
2

That proposed bill is ridiculous. It’s worse than virtue signaling.

4 Likes
3

Now a Michigan lawmaker should propose a bill that makes it a felony to die your beard so black you look like Pluto from Popeye

7 Likes
4

They should make it illegal for Ryan Day to enter the state. That way, we might have a chance of winning a game up there once in a while.

1 Like
5

This is the beard I see every time he’s on screen.

team america help GIF

6 Likes
6

A law for a team flag? You gotta be kidding me.

Instead of a flag, Michigan will just plant something else at midfield. Be creative with it :smiley:

7

a nice cleveland steamer.

1 Like
8

Wholly agree. What an idiotic waste of time. If this is what is getting lawmakers’ attention, perhaps they need to disband the legislature for a while. There’s clearly nothing important enough to address.

All that being said, it seems like the B1G and the NCAA should amend their sportsmanship clauses to address this behavior. It’s antithetical to the very concept of sportsmanship, and no good can come of it.

That doesn’t excuse the overreaction of Ohio State players and officials in the post-game, but that does highlight the need for this to be addressed one way or the other.

9

Talk about letting everyone know you are soft… craziness

10

Can I ask why we want to plant flags at the center of the opponents home field right in the face of their players and fans immediately after the loss?

Is this good sportsmanship? Is there something inherently “tough” and “classy” about screaming “Nya nya nya nya nya - I beat you!” in your opponent’s face immediately after defeating them on the field?

I’m curious why we want and like this kind of behavior?

In the past, after a hard fought game the move was to shake each other’s hands. This showed good sportsmanship both by the winning and losing teams.

I’m curious why we want that to now be - “We beat you, and now we’re going to further insult you with this gesture of planting our flag in the middle of your field immediately after the game instead of shaking hands.”

?

Am I the only one who prefers a handshake after a game as opposed to a “F*** you, bit**” gesture?

1 Like
11

Tell me you’re a bitch without telling me you’re a bitch. Unbelievable and who in their right mind thought this was a good idea lmao. Michigan will be talking about this a 100 years from now.

3 Likes
12

Breaking: michigan lawmakers propose bill that makes it a felony to enter michigan stadium with a nut for a mascot

13

I have a solution…next year turn off the scoreboard. The winner doesn’t matter. And order at least 200 trophies so all players go away happy. Mandatory post game hugs between all players and coaches.

Adidas L GIF by Sneakersnstuff

3 Likes
14

Can i ask why we need to legislate this behavior out tho? Not saying we should want or need to do it but can we stop making everything such a huge deal

15

I don’t disagree with this, not planting flags post game, at all.

It seems to have become a thing as of late, to stop it, if all leagues agree, is to have each league ban it and suspend the players who try to plant the flag. For one game.

Not that complicated.

2 Likes
16

I would never vote for someone again if this was something they were wasting their time trying to pass or even proposed. What an absolute waste of Governmental budget. I know we already waste a ton but come on lets not do more stupid stuff like this.

1 Like
17

this guy thinks he is scoring points with voters. Its pathetic.

2 Likes
18

Absolutely! Excellent question.

Q: Why legislate it out?
A: Because the behavior can often lead to a violent escalation.

Imagine if the fans opted to get involved as well. Imagine the mob running on the field, completely triggered by the gesture, how quickly that could escalate and what the possible results of that could be.

Cause and effect leads to rules and laws. They always have and always will.

If/when a cause is identified that can lead to violent, dangerous outcome, it’s not uncommon to put some kind of rules or guidance in place to prevent that.

For example - We might ask kids to not run with scissors because we can foresee the problems that could occur from doing so.

Or, we could ask citizens to cross the street at crosswalks to prevent injuries.

Or, we could create laws that ensure an employer isn’t permitted to make an individual work 140 hours a week in dangerous conditions.

Etc.

Cause: A trigger that leads to a bad outcome is identified
Effect: Laws/rules are put in place to prevent this to ensure people’s safety

Focusing on this scenario, why is it so wildly unpopular to ask for a handshake after the game instead of a gesture that could lead to absolute chaos?

Why do we prefer to put the emphasis on the loser to accept and take the abuse instead of asking those inflicting it to not, and instead have a little class after the game?

We prefer the loser “sit and take it” rather than asking the winner to “chill out and win with class”?

Or am I misunderstanding something?

Here’s what I believe:

If a team extends their hands for a handshake after the game, a mutual respect is developed to go along with fierce competition. This is the best in mankind.

If a team plants their flag in the middle of their rivals field while acting like hyenas, things understandably can escalate quickly and go south quickly. Players being pepper sprayed, fans getting involved, police being attacked, players being attacked, all out brawl with multiple arrests, court cases, suspensions, fines, injuries, etc. The worst in mankind.

Help me have it make sense why we prefer the latter to the former in these scenarios?

19

The political excuse seems to be that this is an attempt to protect the law enforcement officers on the field.

I call complete and utter B.S. Aren’t the law enforcement officers supposed to…enforce the law? And keep the players/fans from doing stupid stuff? Like what happened after the game?

Weren’t THEY the ones that used the pepper spray??

And we need a bill to protect them??

20

I would think that people need to be able to lose and win with class. Celebrating is a different thing… now any altercation that occurs due to celebration should be prosecuted the same way it is outside of the stadium.

That to me is how you handle it, stop letting people think that violent behavior is different in the stadium than it is outside.

Making the specific act of flag planting a felony is an overstep to me and wouldnt be necessary if we did the above.

1 Like