Mishap during intramurals

An intramural flag football game between the KAs and Cameron’s was ended abruptly when one of the players for the KAs received a broken arm on Sept. 20.

The incident occurred during a close game, and it came unexpectedly. With eight minutes left in the game, the score was 16 to 6 with the KAs winning. Cameron’s got a touchdown, bringing the score up to 16 to 12. They immediately intercepted the ball and got another touchdown. The score was now 20 to 16. With five minutes left, the KAs scored a touchdown, making it 22 to 20.

With one minute left and Cameron’s having control of the ball, the KAs intercepted. One of the players for Cameron’s, Dirk Ledford, picked up a player for the KAs, Mel Dye, who had intercepted the ball. Ledford then slammed him onto the ground by his shirt, breaking Dye’s arm.

Dye, who has to have surgery on his broken arm tomorrow, feels as though the action was unnecessary.

“I have heard that he has done this kind of thing to other people before. It was just a dirty play,” said Dye.

The game was called off after the injury occurred by head official, Sean Frarton. Scott McCoy, the Coordinator of Intramural and Outdoor Programs, was on hand at the game and made the decision to end it.

“There was only 30 seconds left. The game was over,” said McCoy.

McCoy also made a phone call for an ambulance.

“I called 911 twice, and it was busy both times. So then I called Public Safety. An ambulance was there within five minutes,” said McCoy.

Dye is very appreciative to McCoy and everyone else who helped while they were waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

“Scott was very helpful; he did a good job. There was also a softball coach who did a great job of making sure I was stabilized,” said Dye.

The other players got along fine after the incident. Both teams did what they could to help the situation.

“I thought both sides were professional. They took care of the injured player as best they could,” said McCoy. “There was no fight. They were both very helpful in keeping people away so the injured player could get enough air.”

The consequence that Ledford has to face is writing a paper on sportsmanship that will appear in the next issue of The Colonnade, and is banned from intramural sports for one year.

“I think he should have a stronger punishment than that,” said Dye.

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