Good for them.
On Oct. 27, several players from Monroe High in New Jersey kneeled during the national anthem before their game against Colts Neck. A referee and his son – a line judge – then stormed off the field.
“I’ve been in New Jersey interscholastic sports for 48 years and I’ve never seen an official walk off the field unless there was an injury or illness,” Jack DuBois of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) told Yahoo Sports on Monday. “It’s unprecedented.”
Dubois said there were two reviews launched: one by the NJSIAA on Monday morning and the other by the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). Later on Monday, NJ Advance Media reported the two officials would not be assigned any other games this season.
“If they walked off once,” GMC officials assigner Thomas Paulikas told the outlet, “what’s going to keep them from doing it tomorrow or the next day?”
The officials are father and son, Ernie Lunardelli and his son Anthony.
“They’ve got a right to protest and so do we,” Anthony Lunardelli told MyCentralJersey.com. “[Protesting during the anthem] is not how I was brought up, and that’s not how I was raised. I’m not criticizing their right. That’s just my viewpoint.”
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/refere...gh-school-players-kneel-anthem-223647262.html
On Oct. 27, several players from Monroe High in New Jersey kneeled during the national anthem before their game against Colts Neck. A referee and his son – a line judge – then stormed off the field.
“I’ve been in New Jersey interscholastic sports for 48 years and I’ve never seen an official walk off the field unless there was an injury or illness,” Jack DuBois of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) told Yahoo Sports on Monday. “It’s unprecedented.”
Dubois said there were two reviews launched: one by the NJSIAA on Monday morning and the other by the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). Later on Monday, NJ Advance Media reported the two officials would not be assigned any other games this season.
“If they walked off once,” GMC officials assigner Thomas Paulikas told the outlet, “what’s going to keep them from doing it tomorrow or the next day?”
The officials are father and son, Ernie Lunardelli and his son Anthony.
“They’ve got a right to protest and so do we,” Anthony Lunardelli told MyCentralJersey.com. “[Protesting during the anthem] is not how I was brought up, and that’s not how I was raised. I’m not criticizing their right. That’s just my viewpoint.”
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/refere...gh-school-players-kneel-anthem-223647262.html
