[Husker] officials

[George Rapp]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Borer Steve CAA
<Steve.Borer at connectseward.org> wrote:
> Word is out that Greg Burk's crew (Texas, ISU and ATM crew) has been
> selected to work the Big 12 Championship game.  I hope this is only a rumor,
> but very little surprises me anymore.

If this worthless crew is working the game, NU ought to stand on
principle and refuse to play the game unless a neutral (e.g., Big Ten;
they're not busy that weekend) crew is brought in.

The actions of the conference office at that point would send a clear
message to the remaining members of the Big XII-II about how they will
be treated if they ever show disloyalty to Dallas.  Refusing to staff
the game with a neutral officiating crew would be an explicit signal
that they don't care about the integrity of the game, they're just out
to screw NU.  Nebraska would be in a no-lose situation, as the Big
XII-II is already withholding our 2010 share of conference revenue,
but a forfeit would cost the conference a huge amount in advertising
revenue, plus possibly a second BCS at-large berth.

(Disclaimer: This idea is not original with me - I can't remember if
another Huskers List member came up with it, or if I saw it elsewhere.
 Apologies to the original poster.)

George
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