[NU Sports] Mandel doesn't like the change in the Wrigleyville rules

[neonrye at aol.com]

Stewart (a good man and a good writer) is spot on about how this undermines the "good vibes" and buzz for Wrigleyville Classic, but isn't it better to ensure the safety of Coach Fitz's (and Zooker's) "young men", than to risk a tragedy in the name of protecting the honor of the Big 10, NU and/or Illinois?? If anyone doubts that, ask the Rutgers player who is facing life in a wheelchair.? The protruding wall was a broken neck waiting to happen--and not just for the pass receivers--what about the DB's who have to cover, often with their backs turned?? Better to have this backyard rivalry game turned into a backyard game period than to have it marred with a sickening injury.? 
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Clearly, as a lawyer, it appears to me that somebody (perhaps a number of individuals involved) dropped the ball on the measurements of the field vs. the NCAA rules.? Should the game have gone on and some player (or official) slammed into the abutting wall, the liability implications would have been overhwelming.? ?But fortunately this is one of those classic cases where the old maxim "When in a hole, stop digging,"?is not only appropriaate, but was, in the end, adhered to.
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Paul Levinson



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