3afan
12-13-2005, 02:01 PM
(don't think anyone has posted this yet ...)
LINK (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2005-12-08-okla-qb-suspension-upheld_x.htm)
Okla. Supreme Court upholds QB's suspension
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The suspension of a high school quarterback for kicking an opposing player was upheld Thursday by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The case captured widespread attention and put the justices in the unusual position of reviewing grainy videotape of the closing seconds of a game between Shawnee and Tulsa Washington.
A lower court had issued a temporary injunction blocking the association that governs high school athletics from enforcing its two-game suspension of Shawnee's Tucker Brown. The state's prep football playoffs had been on hold pending the court's decision.
Oklahoma's highest court threw out that injunction Thursday, ruling the association acted reasonably.
Brown kicked a defender who had jumped over the line of scrimmage, grabbed Brown's helmet and threw him to the ground on Nov. 19.
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled, Shawnee will play Tulsa East Central on Saturday in the Class 5A semifinals with a backup quarterback in place of Brown.
LINK (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2005-12-08-okla-qb-suspension-upheld_x.htm)
Okla. Supreme Court upholds QB's suspension
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The suspension of a high school quarterback for kicking an opposing player was upheld Thursday by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The case captured widespread attention and put the justices in the unusual position of reviewing grainy videotape of the closing seconds of a game between Shawnee and Tulsa Washington.
A lower court had issued a temporary injunction blocking the association that governs high school athletics from enforcing its two-game suspension of Shawnee's Tucker Brown. The state's prep football playoffs had been on hold pending the court's decision.
Oklahoma's highest court threw out that injunction Thursday, ruling the association acted reasonably.
Brown kicked a defender who had jumped over the line of scrimmage, grabbed Brown's helmet and threw him to the ground on Nov. 19.
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled, Shawnee will play Tulsa East Central on Saturday in the Class 5A semifinals with a backup quarterback in place of Brown.