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Posted on: Thursday, November 5, 2009

WAC suspends Hawaii-based football official for missing call on replay


Advertiser Staff

Honolulu-based football replay official Mike Goshima will be suspended for one game, the Western Athletic Conference announced today.

In a statement to WAC media, commissioner Karl Benson said the action stems from a call in last week's San Jose State-Boise State game that should have been reversed by replay.
The statement said: "The suspension was based on a play where a runner was ruled short of a first down and was confirmed by the replay booth after a review. After further inspection, the runner clearly made the first down and the call should have been reversed."
"The WAC expects the same type of performance from our instant replays officials as we do from the on field officials," Benson said. "And, while errors are going to occur — both on the field and in the replay booth — when they do, there must be accountability. Instant replay is used to 'get it right’ on the field and in this case the official had a chance to reverse a call at a very critical time in the game and did not. Thus, he will be suspended for his next assignment.”
Goshima's suspension will go into effect this weekend, the conference said.