6 referees, including Ted Valentine, out of tournament due to Coronavirus
One positive case, the rest due to contact tracing. Apparently they all went out to dinner together in Indianapolis while waiting for their hotel rooms to be ready. Oops.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1371596368419127296?s=19
I certainly hope nobody becomes serious ill, but good god damn am I glad TV Teddy got sent him. Can’t stand him.
you hate to see it.
but seriously, hop it's not serious and every one gets back to 100%. Kind of surprised they haven't had the vax's yet?
[insert Jordan Poole gif]
Let the TV Teddy comments commence!
*Insert snarky comment about being happy TV Teddy is not going to be in the tournament.*
*Follow said snarky comment with COVID “thought and prayers”-like disclaimer to avoid downvotes.*
Well I don't want the jackass to die, but I'm unabashedly happy he won't be screwing up any basketball games.
March 15th, 2021 at 10:50 PM ^
If he's going to die, he'd better go ahead and decrease the surplus population.
Couldn't have happened to a bigger DICK!
An NCAA ref makes $1,000 per game for the opening rounds and up to $2,000 per game for later rounds, minus their hotel and travel expenses (which these guys have already partially shelled out). So basically they had a dinner that cost them something like $15-20,000, since they were probably going to work multiple games. Hope it was good.
March 15th, 2021 at 10:51 PM ^
I heard it was to die for.
You were heartless last night with these comments!
I have no sympathy for refs or politicians.
Damn.
I would say the chances of the tournament proceeding normally with no withdrawals are less than 50-50 at this point.
There’s only one thing to do: postpone the tournament a month.
His short wikipedia bio is crazy. Coached 1 game in HS and got 3 techs and the principal told him after he was done coaching.
I miss TV Teddy. Excepting the histrionics. He called good games.
Other leagues agree, he did the ACC Title game and looked fine
I know I'm in the minority opinion and probably wrong , but he was one of the few not intimidated by Izzo
Yeah, Craig Ross has made this point, and it's a good one. But I also can't think of TV Teddy without that flex pose thing he did in the Duke game or whover it was lol. So ridiculous. Better off with him though.
I always wanted him to do our away games.. Not homes.
The downside of TV Ted not being intimidated by Izzo (or anyone else) was that he showed bravado because it put him on TV, front and center, and he knew it. The games, well called or not, were always a ref show with him. He had to be in the picture and part of the attention, if not at the center of it all. That's the part the nobody likes...
Refs should just be part of the scenery. Keep the game clean and GTFO of the way...
**John Beilein intensifies**
March 15th, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
This Tourney is going to be difficult to pull off with the rules.
March 15th, 2021 at 10:34 PM ^
Shit, I thought that motherfucker retired
So did I... Guess maybe it was just the B1G that excised him?
March 16th, 2021 at 12:45 AM ^
Hopefully Ed Hightower is on the alternates list.
But the lights, the bright TV lights-is there a way to bring those inside the body? Or inject some
Dr. Pepper (The official soft drink of the NCAA) to kill the virus?
I thought it was bleach that killed the virus?
March 16th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
Ted Valentine to be replaced by John O’Neill, and will be exclusively reffing Michigan’s region.
Just kidding, but kinda sorta not really.
March 16th, 2021 at 10:26 AM ^
After hearing all the "why can't we open up mommy, indiana is having da big dance" comments this gets a big eyeroll. "The kids will bubble up and be responsible". Sure. It's Indiana for chrissakes. Mike Pence. Would you get a few refs sick for a billion dollar tournament especially when the tournament got cancelled last year? Hell yes you would.
March 16th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
One NCAA referee tested positive. The others are out because of tracing.
To try to make a point about public policy because one guy caught the virus is a reach. If anything, it seems that their protocol is working. Everyone close to the one official has been sent home as a precaution.
Let's keep in mind that the point of all these Covid restrictions is to ensure that the hospitals aren't overwhelmed, not to prevent literally all infections from ever happening.
March 16th, 2021 at 11:33 AM ^
Good point about hospitals, but remember that with COVID, hospitals can go from "dandy" to "overwhelmed" in a terrifyingly short period of time. This particular positive case is probably not cause for concern in that regard.
March 16th, 2021 at 12:23 PM ^
I hope Ted will have no symptoms from COVID. He's not the best ref in the B1G. Also, I hope he will not be responsible for any B1G players of teams to withdraw as a result of contact tracing.
I do not know what teams/games he refed at in the B1G Tourny.