BenMaDaKi

This is a fascinating discussion of sportsmanship. While sccrmun3 makes an excellent point about accepting a referee's decision, what really happened in this instance is no different than what happens in the NHL, NFL, Division I College Hockey and the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament when instant replay is used to occassionally overturn a referee's good faith mistake. In this case, the Knoxville Catholic coaches and players didn't need a video tape to tell them that, indisputably, the referee's best efforts resulted in a wrong, and unfair, decision. They needed their better instincts to recognize and acknowledge the referee's unintended error, and they needed their best instincts to take the action necessary to nullify the error and correct the result. While it can be argued that Tennessee high school soccer doesn't use instant replay, and therefore a referee's decision must be final, it can't be argued that the young men involved did the right thing by achieving the correct result. It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right. With absolutely no disrespect to the referees intended, my congratulations to the players and coaches at Knoxville Catholic. Whether in sports, business or personal life, we can all learn from the example set here.