That's a nice anecdote and all, but we'll see just how unacceptable Dave Rose felt the punch was here pretty soon. The WCC suspended him for 1 game, which seems soft IMO, but BYU can administer their own suspension on top of that. Will they? Remains to be seen, but I'm not holding my breath.
Im curious what the norm is for a coach/university to do when an incident like this happens. Im sure most ute fans think that since this was a byu player he should be executed by decapitation or something but i wonder what happens most of the time.
In the case of marshall henderson hitting jackson emery this was the resulting punishment: SALT LAKE CITY — The first thing coach Jim Boylen addressed at Monday's press conference was Saturday night's incident involving Marshall Henderson.
Boylen said he and athletic director Chris Hill decided it was appropriate to suspend Henderson for a game, but that Henderson was already automatically suspended for a game for hitting BYU's Jackson Emery with 34 seconds left in the game.
"Marshall Henderson has been suspended per NCAA rules for what is considered fighting, although we don't think it was a fight," Boylen said. "But that's the rule."
According to Rule 4, Section 26, Article 2, "A fight is a confrontation involving one or more players ... wherein (but not limited to) a fist, hand, arm, foot, knee or leg is used to combatively strike the other individual."
Also, the officials at the game ejected Henderson for fighting and apparently reported it as such following the game. The NCAA rules clearly state that a player is suspended for anything that is considered a fight.
Rule 10, Section 7, Article 2 states: "The first time an individual participates in a fight during the season ... the individual shall be suspended from participating in the team's next regular-season game."
According to Article 3, a second fight results in banishment for the rest of the season.
