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LLLLoyd helped dump 1-eyed ref
From Mandel's SI blog.
One-eyed refs, bomb-sniffing dogs, they're all out to get LLLLoyd.
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7/19/2006 07:45:00 AM</BLOGITEMDATETIME>
The Inaugural, One-Eyed Post
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Could it have been ... this guy?
Al Tielemans/SI
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>There were so many potential choices for my inaugural Blog topic, but one was just too juicy to resist. According to an article in Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times, James Filson, a Big Ten referee for 13 years, has sued the conference for violating the federal disability act when it fired him 2005. Filson's disability? He only has one eye. He lost vision in the other one in 2000 when he slipped and hit a corner of his desk.
Despite what you might think, the point of this post is not to make the obvious one-eyed ref jokes. First of all, that would be mean, and secondly, plenty of people function perfectly well with one eye. Like Dick Vitale. (Well, maybe that one's debatable). And Filson, who according to the article informed his employer of his condition at the time it happened, apparently did just fine for five seasons. He was even selected to officiate the Orange Bowl.
So, what caused his downfall? According to the article, a reporter told the "University of Michigan's head football coach" about his eye, and the coach tipped off Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, who "allegedly urged Filson's firing." Strangely, the article does not mention the coach's name. Most likely this is because the writer is a federal court reporter who doesn’t know said name (she also misspelled Delany), but, just possibly because of legal ramifications, in which case, I'm not mentioning it either.
However, if it's the perpetually grumpy coach we all think it is, the scenario described by Filson is almost laughably predictable. Over the years, we've watched said coach complain a litany of grievous injustices, about officiating, about his team's schedule, about bomb-sniffing security dogs at Ohio Stadium. After years of happily accepting New Year's bowl bids over often more-deserving teams because of Michigan's fan appeal, he cried foul when the same thing relegated his team to the Alamo Bowl last year. Why am I not surprised he was the one to throw a hissy fit about the one-eyed ref? What do you think? Should the guy have been fired? Or was this simply another case of Lloy ... er, Michigan's coach, working himself up over nothing.
From Mandel's SI blog.
One-eyed refs, bomb-sniffing dogs, they're all out to get LLLLoyd.
si.blogs
7/19/2006 07:45:00 AM</BLOGITEMDATETIME>
The Inaugural, One-Eyed Post
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Could it have been ... this guy?
Al Tielemans/SI
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>There were so many potential choices for my inaugural Blog topic, but one was just too juicy to resist. According to an article in Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times, James Filson, a Big Ten referee for 13 years, has sued the conference for violating the federal disability act when it fired him 2005. Filson's disability? He only has one eye. He lost vision in the other one in 2000 when he slipped and hit a corner of his desk.
Despite what you might think, the point of this post is not to make the obvious one-eyed ref jokes. First of all, that would be mean, and secondly, plenty of people function perfectly well with one eye. Like Dick Vitale. (Well, maybe that one's debatable). And Filson, who according to the article informed his employer of his condition at the time it happened, apparently did just fine for five seasons. He was even selected to officiate the Orange Bowl.
So, what caused his downfall? According to the article, a reporter told the "University of Michigan's head football coach" about his eye, and the coach tipped off Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, who "allegedly urged Filson's firing." Strangely, the article does not mention the coach's name. Most likely this is because the writer is a federal court reporter who doesn’t know said name (she also misspelled Delany), but, just possibly because of legal ramifications, in which case, I'm not mentioning it either.
However, if it's the perpetually grumpy coach we all think it is, the scenario described by Filson is almost laughably predictable. Over the years, we've watched said coach complain a litany of grievous injustices, about officiating, about his team's schedule, about bomb-sniffing security dogs at Ohio Stadium. After years of happily accepting New Year's bowl bids over often more-deserving teams because of Michigan's fan appeal, he cried foul when the same thing relegated his team to the Alamo Bowl last year. Why am I not surprised he was the one to throw a hissy fit about the one-eyed ref? What do you think? Should the guy have been fired? Or was this simply another case of Lloy ... er, Michigan's coach, working himself up over nothing.
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buckeye247
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ahahha thats great. I seriously think if he can see with one eye than he has to file a grievance over this.
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Once again demonstrating the hypocritical bottom-feeding sack of maggot-shit that he is....whoever the coach in question is, that is...wait, does it depend on what your definition of "is" is...? 
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
I could play this like Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen ...
No, not a chance :tongue2: - what an absolute douche an old woman Lllloyd can be
No, not a chance :tongue2: - what an absolute douche an old woman Lllloyd can be
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ntd
Hall of Fame
Can't say I ever noticed a one eyed ref, pretty impressive that he was good enough to get selected to the Orange Bowl...
Shitty that he got fired, but I can imagine why he shouldn't be a ref on the field, the lack of depth perception could be pretty bad, but maybe he could still do the booth reviews or something like that
Shitty that he got fired, but I can imagine why he shouldn't be a ref on the field, the lack of depth perception could be pretty bad, but maybe he could still do the booth reviews or something like that
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The officiating is horrible enough, without firing guys who no one has complained about, until a certain coach found out he has one eye. It sounds like one of the few who can do his job in a decent fashion is now gone because LLLLoyd whined. It's BS.
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I'm glad some of the mainstream media is finally seeing and discussing what a whining douchepump IVoyd is.
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I wonder if maybe IVoyd was upset because he's a closet "one-eye" himself and, well, they just couldn't see eye-to-eye about those close calls? 
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zincfinger
Gert Frobe-approved
Depth perception is physically impossible with one eye. A one-eyed man should not be employed as a referee.
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Doesn't seem like anyone noticed while he was on the field...what exactly is it he can't handle or do with this supposed lack of depth perception?
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Well, I must be the oddball then, since when I simply shut one eye, I can still sense depth. Actually, I'd be willing to close one eye and go through any "depth perception related obstacle course" you might design.
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