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

[neonrye at aol.com]

As a follow-up, can anyone answer as to why the field wasn't laid out the way the Bears did for decades--home plate out to left field--see photo here showing same--were seats added????? http://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/past/WrigleyField.htm
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Paul




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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.?  
? 
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. 
? 
Paul Levinson 
 
 
 
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/stewart_mandel/11/19/wrigley/index.html?eref  
 
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