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3C SPORTS/^e Cliarlotte Thursday, June 29, 2006 Top soccer official joins in criticizing referees Continued from 1C ing marks in any previous World Cup. And there’s stm 12 matches remaining. Portugal captain Luis Figo was lucky to escape ejection, getting a yellow card for a skirmish with Mark van Bommel when TV replays clearly showed him head butting the Dutch player in the 58th minute - a direct red card offense. FIFA communications director Markus Siegler said Monday that the disciplinary committee would not review the incident because Ivanov had taken action, on the field, on advice from his linesman. Figo “was sanctioned imme diately by the referee,” he said. "The referee’s report came in last night and is being analyzed by the rele vant people. But it is very unlikely anything will hap pen as he has been sanc tioned already on the spot.” “It is only where there is a clear disciplinary issue which has not been acted upon by the referee that the (discipli nary) committee can look at it,” Siegler said. Siegler refused to expand on Blatter’s stinging criticism of Ivanov’s performance, say ing - in German - “you might have seen the FIFA president made a comment. There is nothing more to add.” Ivanov set the tone with some early cautions for inci dents that would have been overlooked in most league competitions. And once Portugal scored the only goal in the 23rd minute-winner from Maniche, Ivanov struggled to deal with mounting tension and the loss of sportsmanship on both sides. ‘This was a game of emo tion, with exceptional drama in the last instant, with a deserved winner,” Blatter said. “But it was a great show with intervention by the ref EASY SLIDER Continued from page 1C "Returning to college was not a bad thing. I was open-minded about returning to school. I wanted to get my name out there so people know me. It did everything I wanted to do.” Only two imderclassmen in Southwestern Athletic Conference history have been drafted - Larry Wright of Grambling State and Frank Sanders of Southern, in the nine-round drafts of the 1970s. Three others went unselected. Crabs in barrel take turns pulling at former Shaw coach Crabs in a barrel! We - and most of us know who “we” are - are quite familiar with the saying. Put a bimch of crabs in a barrel, and every time one tries to climb out, the others pull it back down. That’s how folks at Shaw University are acting ever since former football coach Deondri Clark accepted the head job at Fort Valley State last week. From the moment Clark’s name was listed as a finalist for the job, those crabs tried to shut the lid on that bar rel. ”We made him who he is and this is how he thanks us?” wrote one irate alum on a popular sports fan forum. “We took him in when he was a bowtie wearing nobody... leaving us two months before the start of the season. Whatever happened to a six month’s notice?” How soon we forget. First of all, Clark wasn’t liv ing in a crate under a bridge when he was hired as defen sive coordinator by then coach Gregory Ruffin in 2002.Before Shaw, he was the defensive line coach at Benedict College, and before that a graduate assistant at Michigan State and Central Michigan. So no, he wasn’t begging for bread. Besides, when Clark was named interim head coach, Shaw needed him at the time to divert the embarrass ment the fired Ruffin had cause for his “shenanigans.” Clark The media went from “Did Ruffin do that?” to ‘Who is this Clark guy?” Second, who gives a six month’s notice - for any thing? Then there was this com ment from a caller who said any athlete playing for Clark should be wary since he applies for every job opening available.When asked how many jobs, the caller replied sheepishly, “There was Florida A&M.” Clark was a finalist for the Rattlers job last year but lost out to Rubin Carter. Stfil, two interviews in four years is not exactly Larry Brown. Since when does a coach owe a university a lifetime commitment?HBCU folks! They think if they throw a dog a bone, he won’t run off to the house down the street offering steak. The biggest m3dh in black college football is that alum nus Willie Gary built Shaw. True, Gary does give six-fig- ure-dollar checks during homecoming, but I’ll bet you a lifetime supply of Snickers that none of that money ever visited the athletic depart ment, let alone took up resi dence. Last year, Gary gave $50,000 to the football pro gram, the first time in close to three years Clark had a decent recruiting budget. One year, he told me, $9,000 was his entire budget.Clark’s biggest mistake was his most shining moment - winning a CIAA football championship. After that, no matter how much he pleaded poverty, he was met with the same response, “You won a champi onship, so why do you need more?” Another crab, uh coach, insinuated that Clark had won with Ruffin’s players, and when it came time to actually recruit, he skedad dled. Hmm, let’s see: no recruit ing money=no recruits=no replenishment. Who wouldn’t leave? Being cheap is one thing, being cheap and crabby is another. Bonitta Best is sports editor at The Triangle Tribune in Durham. Go beyond the score Cfje Cfjarlotte eree that was not consistent, and had a lack of fair play by some players.” The FIFA referees commit tee will meet Wednesday to decide which officials stay after the second round. Already they’re likely to be without experienced English referee Graham Poll, who issued three yellow cards to the same Croatia player - two yellow cards should immedi ately be followed by a red. That technical error could have resulted in a first-round match with Australia being replayed. Markus Merk, an early favorite to handle the final if host Germany does not make it, also dented his chances with a highly criticized per formance in the Brazil- Australia first-roimd match. Ivanov’s chances of more appointments appear remote. Responding to questions about referees adhering to instructions fix)m FIFA and not being allowed enough dis cretion, Siegler reiterated earlier comments. • “It’s not about instructions being given,” he said. “'They’re reiterated because this is the biggest platform to show the consistent application of the laws of the game.” After the first round. Siegler said the World Cup had been wide open, with offensive flair, and rejected the notion that the extraordi narily high number of cau tions was a paradox. “You could say if the refer ees were not active, it could have turned out into a more unfair or dirty tournament,” he said. “I’m convinced that because the referee is apply ing rules consistently and the players have been warned from the beginning,” the tour-' nament has been “quite fair.” Brock looks to move forward Continued from page 1C can be made. Brock is ranked third in the IBF, his best among the three organizations. “I don’t know how this one will go,” Brock said. “I guess my promoter (Main Events) is going to do what’s most logical. If the pay is fair we can get a title shot.” Brock contends Ibragimov’s defense-first, last and always style helped turn Saturday’s bout into a yawner. Brock fought cautiously as weU, although he provided enough action to seize a comfortable lead on the judges’ score- cards. “It was a lackluster, imeventfiil fight,” he said. “'The problem with this dude is he doesn’t have any inside game. He’s a stick and mover. If I had to do it all over, I would’ve looked for somebody else.” PHOTO/CURTIS WILSON Charlotte Knights outfielder Jerry Owens slides head-first into second base in the Knights win Sunday against Norfolk. Charlotte continues to lead the International League Southern Division and have the best record overall in the league. Jackson State coach happy top player will be back on campus Johnson worked out for the Milwaukee Bucks because of NCAA rules, which say underclassmen who return to school must pay back pro teams for workout-related expenses of airfare, hotels and meals. “Since I had a good junior season, I felt it was the right time to test the waters and see where I stood,” Johnson said. “The timing was right. My statistics opened up some eyes. By throw ing my name in the hat, I didn’t lose anything.” 9th Annual Titus 1_. 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