It's over.
>> Everybody agrees they got robbed.
>> Should a >> Court have overturned it to New Jersey
high school boys basketball teams will face off today at noon, et a championship game
after a controversial couride ruling on Tuesday, the Camden panthers were leading the manasquan
big blue warriors scores 46, 45 during T semifinal game, three seconds on the clock manasquan
player, Mrs. A three-pointer from theing, his teammate griffin lintrom was there, grabs
the rebound put the shot back in for what the team thought was the game winning basket
the buzzer-beater secured manasquan spot in the state championship or so it seemed while
the fans rushed onto the court to celebrate, the referees decided to reverse the original
call all relting in a victory for Camden.
This despite the fact that several videos showed that the shot clearly should have counted,
there was time the clock the next day, the new
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clock the next day, the new Jersey state interscholastic athletic association admitted the referees
made the wrong call, even going as far aso apologize for the error and despite the overwhelming
evidence from the video, the tournament rules prohibit the use videos in reverng a game
officials decision.
Even New Jersey governor Phil Mudd Murphy weighed in on the controveial call saying
that he felt badly for the players, the coaches, the families that had a victory snatched from
them.
But ulmately he said he couldn't do anying to change the outcome.
The manasquan school board, the board of education,sked a county superior court judge to delay today's
championship game between the Camden panthers and the arts high school jaguars.
Butheir request was denied.
And then yesterday, Friday, the New Jersey commiioner of education declined to hear the
board's appeal citing that quote, the commissioner cannot find that the officials decision regarding
T basket was anythi other than a judgment call?
And the nj Sia rules clearly state that once
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rules clearly state that once an official has made a judgment , no appeals will be honored,
even if the official decision was not correct.
Under the clear and explicit bylaws, it is not revolt reviewable.
Plus the appellate division, for the superior court in new Jersey also denied manasquan
apal he'll I wouldn't know what you think.
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Should courts correct a blown call by a high school sports referee joining me now is John
cupola is a filmmaker, entrepreneur and host of dads, saves America podcast.
John night he's to see you.
Everybody agrees.
Manasquan was robbed.
The question is, what if anything, should have been done about it
>> Well, first of all, thanks for having me, Michael.
It's funny because thisne goes against my libertarian priors, which is I actually thk
the courts and the governor of new Jersey got this right how are you gointo do this,
right?
How are you going to at this slight slim margin, make a
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How are you going to at this slight slim margin, make a decision just on the basis of the final
shot.
I mean, any shot throughout that whole game would have changed that outcome.
So I kinda I feel for the parents, I feel for the school, my son played varsity basketball
here and so I've been apparent on the sidelines cheering for my son and get an angry about
bad calls.
But there's I mean, how many calls throughout that game could have gone the other way if
the cameras were focused on it.
So I think you make a really good point.
By E way.
I think the school a point made by one of the lawyers in this case, Catherine put up
on the screen, so I can show John.
He said, are we going to go back and look at al32 minutes of the game and come to the
judge and say, judge, this wasn't a ul.
It's riculous.
That's really the point you're making.
Like, how far backre we going to begin the process of review?
>> Well, I also think we have them in our country where everything is a constant appeal
to the next highest
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appeal to the next highest authority and everything has become pitical and to me, is sort of speaks
to this problem.
We have of adulthood.
Knowhe adults at the school level should have taken a deep breath after this and wrap Khalid,
what round the team but said, look this, these are the rules and this is the way this goes.
And sometimes life isn't fair and to take it to court, I don't know.
I just think that sends the wrong message to the whole community, especially to the
kids.
>> Okay.
Griffin lenstra is the young man who made the shot.
The shot that he should have remembered.
Well, frankly now he will remember for the rest of his life, John, you are all about
dads and the importance of dads as role models.
If you were his dad, the young man who made that shot, that should have made him a hero.
And onto the next level of the championship.
What do you say to him?
What's the message for him >> Well, I think I'd first say, look, imagine
being on the Camden team going into the next round knowing that you technically lost you
know life is like this.
Life involves
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is like this.
Life involves close calls that could go one way or the other.
And you played great and you've got an awesome life ahead of you.
So like brush it off if you're going to be all right, you're gonna survive.
>> I mean, honestly that is I would say.
That's what I tell my own son.
>> Okay.
We're limited to 30 seconds.
How about the Camden team?
Is there any argument here for them to stand down and say, we're not cool with how we won
this I mean, I'd be up to them.
>> I think that again, I think Mr. Kappa Nelly makes a pretty good point.
I you know, these things happened throughout the game all the time.
And as a parent, I've had that experience like, oh, well you know, if that one call
hadn't been made and they didn't reverse that.
If they'd gotten the three-point there, it would've changed everything.
I mean, this is just one of those rare cases where it came right down to the last second.
It was one basket away that determined it.
And it creates this heat.
>> But you know, I don't know.
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>> But you know, I don't know.
This is not ultimately a moral decision.
This is this sort of about the rules and everybody getting hothead and caught up and things
>> I think you're right.
John